Russian headlines

I thought I'd give you an idea of what is being reported on in some of the Russian papers. So here is your news update!

It seems that Russia will be taking advantage of Iran's allegations of the US meddling in Iranian affairs (despite the lack of evidence to back this) to yet again speak out against meddlesome Americans--see Russia Today's, Iran protests: breeding ground for new revolution? :

Apparently the West is "organiz[ing] a ‘green’ revolution similar to color revolutions in former Soviet states...What may have been a mass protest without foreign interference may now be subsidized by people like George Soros. We are talking about yet another themed revolution – in this case, a green revolution.”

Following this are allegations against Obama in an article titled, "Obama's foreign policy is more aggressive than Bush's--expert." I'm not sure who said expert is, but I'm sure glad they named that he is one (someone feel free to enlighten me on why expert is included--it was on quite a few articles, so it may be a legit way of referencing something, and I'm just in the dark on this one. Seriously).

And there has been a so-called "milk war" going on between Belarus and Russia. Russia-Belarus: who is milking who? My favorite quote from the article being, "Was it Moscow or Minsk that hoped for some better outcome which, for whatever reason, did not occur? Or was it much ado about nothing?"

Right next to this article was an interesting poll, asking: Will there be a Russia-Belarus split after the 'milk war'? Possible answers: Yes, the EU can bring Belarus more benefits; Yes, Lukaschenko is an unforgiving type; No, Russia and Belarus are natural allies; and No, it was just a political show.

And don't miss the Russia-China and BRIC summits taking place in Yekaterinburg.

Also, many of you have asked me what the people think of Putin and Medvedev here. There was an unsettling article in Izvestia today, "The President Needs to Have a Brain" about what school-age children in Russia think the ideal president should be like. I constantly find myself hoping that the youth and future generations will make of Russia the strong, beautiful country it has every potential of becoming. This article, however, is not the most encouraging...