Saturday, July 11, 2009

"In Russia, Obama’s Star Power Does Not Translate"

By CLIFFORD J. LEVY and ELLEN BARRY

"Crowds did not clamor for a glimpse of him. Headlines offered only glancing or flippant notice of his activities. Television programming was uninterrupted; devotees of the Russian Judge Judy had nothing to fear. Even many students and alumni of the Western-oriented business school where Mr. Obama gave the graduation address on Tuesday seemed merely respectful, but hardly enthralled."

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