A combination photograph shows the candidates running in Russia's presidential elections. From left: First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the nationalist LDPR party Vladimir Zhirinovsky and leader of the Democratic Party Andrei Bogdanov. Russia's election boss on Thursday shrugged off Western criticism about the fairness of Sunday's presidential election, saying it was part of an international campaign directed against Russia. The only Western observer mission to monitor the March 2 election has said it fears the election will not be fair because the campaign is slanted in favour of President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Medvedev. REUTERS/Staff (RUSSIA)