Obama in Russia

You would have thought that the 'Think Tank on Russia' in the Obama administration would have told Obama who really controls the Kremlin - that Medvedev is President only because Putin decrees it to be so. Ordinary folks like us, even without the benefit of Think Tanks to teach and guide us, know this 'clear as crystal' fact about Russia - but Obama does not ? Obama is making a bad mistake if he believes that Putin is "yesterday's man" as the article below has pointed out. And to think that Democrats think the quick learner and sharp thinker AND articulate Sarah Palin is out of her depth !!! I am waiting to see what sort of blunders he makes in Russia during his visit. There will be plenty I am sure. Lets see if at least 1% of the MSM let us in on the goof-ups. From TimesOnLine UK: Barack Obama makes basic error on balance of power in Kremlin