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Quote of the Day: Medvedev the Blogger

Neil Richard Leslie | October 08, 2008

For him to use the internet and video is not something extraordinary. It's normal. Medvedev is very comfortable with the Internet, in the same way that Putin is comfortable when he's in church. . . Putin is a post-Soviet leader. Medvedev is a post-post Soviet leader - Sergei Markov, United Russia Party member.

Markov was quoted in the Guardian on the Russian president's proficiency with the internet. Medvedev gave his first presidential podcast Tuesday to some of his cyber constituents.

 

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