Those who would like to see a less starry-eyed account of this initiative, as well an indication of what might not get past the moderators, may wish to look at:
http://www.newsru.com/russia/14jan2009/bloger.html
http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2009/01/12_a_2923229.shtml
The latter is also interesting from the lexical point of view.
John Dunn.
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Subject: Medvedev video blog invites feedback - first results
Johnson's Russia List
2009-#9
14 January 2009
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Russian Internet Users Free To Post Comments On President's Blog
MOSCOW, January 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev, known as 'an advanced
user' of the world web, has agreed to respond to
the general public's requests for a chance to
post comments on his video messages, which last
October began to appear on the official presidential web site twice a month.
John Dunn
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University of Glasgow, Scotland
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