The text of the oath is standard. It contains an oath of respect and protection of rights and freedoms of people and citizen, observance and protection of the Constitution, protection of sovereignty and independence, security and integrity of the state and loyal service to the people.
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After the oath the new president is handed the flag and the symbol of the head of state (the Order of Merit for Country of the I Degree). Dmitry Medvedev will officially take the office of the President of the Russian Federation, and the Russian government will step down.
Afterwards those present will hear Russia’s anthem (words by Sergey Mikhalkov and music by Alexander Alexandrov), and the standard of the head of the country will fly under the dome of the presidential residence in the Kremlin.
The next stage of the ceremony is the inaugural address of the president elect where he usually voices major courses of the country’s development. After that in front of the Kremlin walls there will be 30 artillery volleys made.
The solemn events on Sobornaya Square in front of the Grand Kremlin Palace are likely to resemble those of 2004. The Commander of the Presidential Regiment will report to Dmitry Medvedev, then the regiment will march along Sobornaya Square, and Russia’s President will go to the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Kremlin where Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexius II will hold a brief service to commemorate the inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev and will congratulate him on the appointment.
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Based on reports of Russian news agencies
Translated by Julia Bulygina
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