Dmitry Medvedev may face the necessity to fulfill his promises regarding the leadership of law and civil freedoms. The Washington Post writes that “to begin, Mr. Medvedev could be asked for action on the 14 unsolved murders of journalists during Mr. Putin’s tenure — such as that of Anna Politkovskaya”.

Western press has been vividly commenting on the assumption of the office by Putin’s successor Dmitry Medvedev. Virtually all publications have come to one – Russia is now entering a period of diarchy.

Dmitry Medvedev becomes the youngest Russian ruler since Czar Nicholas II during a Kremlin inauguration ceremony today.