Medvedev wins Russian presidential election [audio 51min]

Award-winning journalist Diane Rehm looks at the Russian presidential election and Vladimir Putin's hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, the challenges he faces at home, which include restoring the rule of law and sustaining economic growth; and tensions with the West over missile defense, Kosovo independence and NATO expansion. Her guests are Andrei Sitov, Washington bureau chief for Itar-Tass; Kim Holmes, Vice President of the Heritage Foundation, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs during President George W. Bush's first term, and author of a new book, Liberty's Best Hope: American Leadership for the 21st Century; Rose Gottemoeller, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and former senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and author of such books as Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, for which he received both the Pulitzer Prized for nonfiction and a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.