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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a joint news conference with U.S. President George W. Bush at the Bocharov Ruchey presidential summer residence at the Black Sea in Sochi on April 6, 2008. Bush and Putin began a final effort on Sunday to try to mend frayed relations face-to-face but with little hopes of resolving the dispute over missile defense. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
"I gratefully accept the proposal to become chairman of the party," Putin said in a report from Itar-Tass.
Putin led the United Russia ticket in the Dec. 2 State Duma elections, though he never formally joined the party.
Putin's acceptance of the top position sets him as the most powerful figure in Russian politics, The Moscow Times said.
His protege, Dmitry Medvedev, takes the office of the president May 7, after which Putin is expected to become prime minister.
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