"Well, that's good. It could have been much worse"—that's the main phrase insiders are using to comment on Dmitry Medvedev's appointment as successor. Indeed, he doesn't seem to be some kind of ghoul. And if he does eat children, he does so only in small quantities and is very embarrassed about it. Lately, we've been so thoroughly scared witless that a fair portion of the "public" was convinced that when the long-awaited name was announced, sinister laughter would rise from underground and a flock of crows would begin circling over the Kremlin. Read more