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  • Medvedev has taken the role of the burger-eating, twitter-loving westernizer of the nation, while Putin provides the counter weight by remaining a hard-ass, skeptical of America's role in the world and friendly with the likes of Venezuela and Iran.

    Simon Shuster: Iran's leader calls Russia an American stooge 2010

  • Medvedev has taken the role of the burger-eating, twitter-loving westernizer of the nation, while Putin provides the counter weight by remaining a hard-ass, skeptical of America's role in the world and friendly with the likes of Venezuela and Iran.

    Simon Shuster: Iran's leader tests Obama-Medvedev love story by calling Russia an American stooge 2010

  • He is seen as having his own agenda for reforms, independent and vaguely appealing, a westernizer, you see, like a fun-sized Peter the Great.

    Simon Shuster: Putin, ask yourself: Where did Medvedev get such chutzpah? Simon Shuster 2010

  • He is seen as having his own agenda for reforms, independent and vaguely appealing, a westernizer, you see, like a fun-sized Peter the Great.

    Simon Shuster: Putin, ask yourself: Where did Medvedev get such chutzpah? 2010

  • He is seen as having his own agenda for reforms, independent and vaguely appealing, a westernizer, you see, like a fun-sized Peter the Great.

    Simon Shuster: Putin, ask yourself: Where did Medvedev get such chutzpah? 2010

  • These two dissenting voices, so far the only ones from the political elite, were from the small faction of Kremlin liberals who have lobbied for President Dmitri Medvedev, a self-styled westernizer and reformer, to stay on for six more years.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • These two dissenting voices, so far the only ones from the political elite, were from the small faction of Kremlin liberals who have lobbied for President Dmitri Medvedev, a self-styled westernizer and reformer, to stay on for six more years.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • These two dissenting voices, so far the only ones from the political elite, were from the small faction of Kremlin liberals who have lobbied for President Dmitri Medvedev, a self-styled westernizer and reformer, to stay on for six more years.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • The U. S.-engineered truce between Pervez Musharraf and exiled westernizer Benazir Bhutto went awry when violent extremists assassinated her once she returned to Pakistan.

    Forbes.com: News Maha Atal 2009

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