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Monday, June 9, 2008

Talkin' shop in sunny St. Pete

Just a single press release and a 20-minute You Tube clip of President Medvedev from the 3 day conference convened by the World Economic Forum, apparently Russia doesn't need or want the publicity. The CEO of Coca-Cola, Muhtar A. Kent, was quite impressed with the new Russian president, widely thought to be a Putin's puppet. He manages to say virtually nothing in his press conference, suggesting he is indeed an impressively western-ized politician.

World Economic Forum -- Russia CEO Roundtable
Dmitry Medvedev News Conference