NY Times: Russian President-To-Be Charming And Likes Deep Purple
In this morning’s New York Times, C.J. Chivers penned an unusually glowing profile of anoited Russian president-to-be Dmitri Medvedev. Among other things, “he said liberty was necessary for the state to have legitimacy among its citizens” and he “struck a campy pose” by hamming it up with ’60s metal relics Deep Purple. Oh yeah: Medvedev also has “a dormitory-life playfulness that is decidedly not Putinesque” and “emanates intelligence and calm but little intensity.”
So what could inspire such a softball take on Vladimir Putin‘s number two? We decided to ask Michael Idov, a writer for New York mag and the editor of Russia! magazine:
The article hit on every currently available talking point; but, of course, examining the man’s few recent speeches for hints of future policy is a completely useless pursuit.
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