Several stories in the US press today have focused on Dmitry Medvedev. The Wall Street Journal has compiled a series of extracts translated from Medvedev’s campaign appearance in Nizhny Novgorod, together with soundbites from past interviews and speeches. These include a comment made at the World Economic Forum in January 2007 which exemplifies the thus far very balanced approach we have seen from Medvedev that has caused journalists to cautiously view him as a potentially reasonable and neutralizing voice for Russia. “We are not trying to make anyone love Russia, but we will also not allow anyone to do Russia harm. What we want is respect towards Russia’s people and our country as a whole, but we will obtain this respect through responsible behavior and through our achievements, and not through force.”