The G8 was Boring
It was Dmitri Medvedev’s coming out party to the other leaders of the G-8. It seems that he didn’t fail to impress. Bush called him a “smart guy,” which should apply to pretty much everyone when next to the outgoing American President. Medvedev stood his ground with Britain’s Gordon Brown when the latter raised the TNK-BP dispute, the closing of British Council offices, and, of course, that old dead horse Litvinenko. Though it appears that the handlers of the British PM and the Russian President want to put on a good public face. One source told reporters that “neither Brown nor Medvedev wanted to wrap up the talks.” They just wouldn’t shut up after the two got acquainted and shared their global visions. Or perhaps the tabs of Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin were more the topic of discussion than the issues that keep Russia and Britain at a cool ..read more
