Mr Medvdev receives 20,000 posts on his various blogs doe’s anyone out there seriously believes he reads them. (If you do “hello... wake up and smell the coffee”) This Presidential blog is a PR stunt others have pulled this daft trick. It fools nobody Come on Mr President Russia’s problems are well documented, Better you spend your time solving them instead of this preposterous “navel gazing.” Anyway pontificating is “our” Job.

It is very noble President Medvedev cares for the people of Russia and their opinion matters to him. This is beautiful.

"Mr Medvedev receives 20,000 posts on his various blogs doe’s anyone out there seriously believes he reads them. (If you do “hello... wake up and smell the coffee”)" It is unlikely that he reads all of them, but it is quite plausible, and indeed most likely, that he reads some of them. In the U.S our president for instance reads 10 letters a day of the thousands sent to him. These 10 are chosen by his aides and therefore are among the most intelligent and best written. Obama claims they help him "break through the bubble" in Washington, stay in touch with the people who sent him there, and become exposed to new ideas. Medvedev discusses how Russia is using the internet to mobilize the minds, eyes, and ears of its citizens in the effort to improve the country and bring about greater public awareness and political participation. It is very wise of him to encourage this trend because democracy only works well if the quality of the voters is high and the citizens actively promote the common good. This is, to use Deedra's word, a very noble end. And it may be an easier thing for Russia to do because of its relative unity, and the fact that it is a very young democracy. I fear that in the U.S. our cultural baggage, which is in large part quite childish, makes it very difficult for us to move in the same direction. Albeit, Russia has baggage of its own. Namely corruption, and that is part of what this new wave of public involvement, among other things, is hoped to in large part sweep away.

Maybe he has good intents. I do not know, trying to make Russia more open and feeling heard at least? They care; they are listening. I would be slightly weary on what I posted in some places. It's very easy to insult somebody online. With all due respect, don't you think the president has staff to help him sort his comments, and he probably has a program that catches certain phrases or behavior patterns that are annoying? Don't ever think you are anonymous to everyone. There are bigger demons out there, however. Facebook is the biggest collector of information. They're tracking us all everywhere...

Mr. Medvedev has an extremely tough job. I have visited Vladivostok several times over the past 3 years, and my observations were that this city holds a fascinating charm yet stills needs massive investment to bring it up to scratch. Speaking with my wife and her family who all live there, they feel that the money allocated to the city doesn't always get used as it should.In other words it tends to disappear. Mant people in Vladivostok dodge payig taxes becasue they feel that their tax money wouldn't be used to benefit the city directly. In fact as someone said it seems to evapoate rather. So Mr Medvedev and Mr Putin, assure these people that wen hey do pay their taxes the money will be used for the benefit of the local population so that they can actually see the enhancements to their adored city...

When a president listens to it's people greater justice can be done. This is truly the spirit of democracy. Russia has certainly proved that it has a bright future. So young a democracy and yet so democratic. The best of wishes from Sweden.