Russia's Blogger-in-Chief

After attending RIA-Novosti’s European and Asian Media Forum last week, I understood the answer to the joke about President Dmitry Medvedev — “Why does Medvedev need a video blog when he has Channel One?”

After Medvedev finished addressing the journalists, my first thoughts were: “He’s not at all like he appears on television. He is precise in his thinking, responds well to the audience and is affable but not weak.”