November 23, 2010 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 23, 2010

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TODAY: Medvedev in online session with citizens; Russia and US to consult on North Korean nuclear program; Nemtsov attacked on return to Moscow; Russia Today reporters arrested in US; Pamfilova to receive state honors; Kremlin stamps out Zorkin’s dismissal of European Court of Human Rights; Georgia to seek accord / demand Sochi Olympics relocate. 
The patron saint of the Russian Internet is, of course, President Dmitry Medvedev,‘ who staged an online question-and-answer with citizens’ yesterday.  Despite the modern set-up, the questions apparently pertained to problems with public utilities such as street-lighting and energy.  The US is planning to consult with Russia on Pyongyang’s uranium enrichment program, as China responded to reports of a North Korean attack on a South Korean island with a call to resume six-party talks on the matter.  ‘There is just one problem [with Russia’s signing of an accord with NATO]: This celebration of mutual understanding is completely worthless. There have already been a number of such celebrations‘.  Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich has congratulated himself on the accord: ‘In many respects the result of the Lisbon summit depended on Ukraine’s position.