Russia’s new ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, has arrived in Kiev, but not without some tensions over whom his diplomatic documents should be addressed to.  Exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky has told RFE/RL that the Ukraine elections are of paramount importance to the situation in Russia, a fact he believes is disregarded by the Western media.  Putin’s speech at the State Council meeting has gained a lot of media attention: was it all about upstaging Medvedev?  Vladimir Ryzhkov offers a post-mortem of the Prime Minister and President’s speeches in the Moscow Times.   Why the Dymovksy case is problematic for many Russians.  Apparently Russia plans to re-introduce the Soviet-era mental screening of police officers as violent incidents among law enforcers make regular headlines (see today’s example).