NTV chief Vladimir Kulistikov took a well-aimed pot shot at Dmitry Medvedev during a live televised meeting between the president and the general directors of the country’s top three television stations on Dec. 24. Kulistikov said that while listening to Medvedev’s state-of-the-nation address in November, he had been struck by how many senior officials in the audience displayed an “amazing, complete indifference” to what Medvedev was saying. During the speech, Kulistikov said, some whispered among themselves, while others played with their cell phones.
Having established that Medvedev enjoys little respect among bureaucrats, Kulistikov asked, “Between you and reality are an army of bureaucrats. What are you going to do so that your decisions are implemented in the regions and not turned into a parody of themselves?”
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