Dmitry Medvedev defended Russia’s recent elections during a meeting with parliamentary opposition leaders, saying that they were ‘overall well-organized‘.  Reuters called his comments a ‘snub‘ to opposition parties.  Medvedev told a meeting of opposition members that he is ‘open to dialogue‘ on how to change election laws that they say favor the pro-Kremlin party, and announced that he wants government officials to resign from sports organization posts to make way for ‘professionals‘.  (The very pro-Putin) Vladimir Frolov says Medvedev’s vision of modernization (as outlined in last month’s Go, Russia! speech) is too ‘abstract‘ to win voters.  ‘People are passive [about the elections] because they feel that there is absolutely no opportunity to change the system,‘ says one blogger.  RFE/RL looks at the role of new media in documenting Russian election fraud.  Pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi has filed libel lawsuits against four foreign newspapers for ‘unscrupulously‘ comparing it to Hitler youth.