KIEV, Ukraine, September 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and the President of Russia Dmitriy Medvedev take part in the International Road Rally "Avtoprobeg" taking place between the two biggest European countries.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is not expected to announce much new government spending during his inaugural State of the Nation speech, officials say.

Text of the article by Latvian newspaper Diena on 15 August [Article by Pavils Sirovs: "During conflict Putin shows he still runs Russia"] Analysts say that the conflict in Georgia has removed any doubt as to who is the true ruler of Russia, because during the conflict, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev was forced to play a secondary role while Prime Minister Vladimir Putin became the main hero in the events.

By Tom Raum TOYAKO, Japan - President Bush today called new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev a "smart guy" who understands the issues. But the U.S. president would not go so far as to say he got a sense of Medvedev's soul, as he once famously said of Vladimir Putin after their first meeting.

The deputy head of the Russian Union of Journalists, Mikhail Fedotov, has welcomed the request of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev to withdraw a bill introducing amendments to the law on mass media, editorially independent Ekho Moskvy radio station reported on 3 June.