The Russians appear to be pleased with their new, more accommodating partner in Barack Obama. President Medvedev even went so far as to hail our president as his "new comrade."Why shouldn't the Russkies be happy with one so generous in his concessions? Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks, saying the US president "can listen" -- even if little progress was made on substance.The Russian president contrasted Obama as "totally different" to his predecessor George W. Bush, whom he blamed for the "mistake" of US missile shield plans fiercely opposed by Moscow.Obama agreed to visit Moscow in July after his talks with Medvedev on Wednesday on the sidelines of a G20 summit in London aimed at fixing the battered world economy."I believe that we managed to establish contact. But Moscow lies ahead. I cannot say that we made much progress on the most serious...(Read Full Post)