 Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's new president on May 7. He became Russia's third president following Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.
After Medvedev took the oath of office in the Kremlin's Andreyevsky Hall, Valery Zorkin, chairman of Russian Constitutional Court, declared his inauguration as head of the Russian Federation.
The inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev took place on the day when Vladimir Putin's second term as president was expired. Vladimir Putin was also present at the ceremony in the Kremlin. Entering the Kremlin, he greeted the Kremlin soldiers as Commander-in-Chief for the last time and thanked the personnel of the Russian Federation Armed Forces for their service.
Medvedev was first to step into the Kremlin halls, yet Putin was the first to speak. After that Medvedev took the oath of office. In his inaugural speech Medvedev stated he intended to do whatever was required to ensure safety of Russian citizens by the state and not only according to the law.
As Newslab reported earlier, the ceremony was attended by members of the Federation Council, deputies of the State Duma, ministers and heads of federal services, judges of the Constitutional Court and heads of diplomatic missions.
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