The president of Russia, Dimitry Medvedev, recently made history with the first presidential video-blog from behind the Kremlin’s mighty walls. (see it with English subtitles here). This appears to be a genuine attempt to engage Russia’s burgeoning web-culture on their own terms. However, as the Moscow Times notes, the blog is missing a key component of any blog – a section for comments.
It seems that the Kremlin view of the virtual world parallels real world Kremlin values.
Published Date: October 09, 2008