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Medvedev blames U.S. for financial crisis
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the world's most powerful vlogger, has a new post up previewing Wednesday's highly-anticipated state-of-the-nation address:
Among other topics, Medvedev intends to address the international financial crisis, which he says began "in the United States of America and which, unfortunately, has spread throughout the world and affected almost all countries."
If his previous comments are any indication, Medvedev can be expected to take a hard anti-American line when discussing the global economic situation. The Russian government's opponents may see the crisis as an opening, but the Kremlin message machine has been working overtime to portray it as a foreign problem and an opportunity for Russia. It should also be interesting to see if Medvedev will mention the newly elected U.S. president in the speech.
Stay tuned.












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