Russian honour guards goose-step on a red carpet at the inauguration of President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2008. Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russia's third president since the fall of the Soviet Union at a Kremlin ceremony that stressed the continued authority of his predecessor Vladimir Putin. AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / KREMLIN POOL / MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images)
