January 14th, 2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s Blog Bombarded With Negative Comments
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Lynn Berry at Associated Press reports that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has been posting videos on his blog for a few months, allowed comments for the first time, only to be bombarded with critical comments.
Surprisingly, his rather innocuous video on the importance of sports and recreation has attracted more than 500 comments, mostly criticizing the limited access to low cost sports facilities in Russia.
I’m surprised that the blog does not have comment moderation to begin with. Also, given that no criticism of the government is permitted on the Russian national television stations or the newspapers, it will be interesting to see how much open criticism and debate the Kremlin would tolerate.
Cross-posted at Social Media in Business, Development and Government.
