Medvedev Wants To Meet U.S. Dissidents

The Kremlin fumed when U.S. President Barack Obama included a meeting with Russian opposition leaders on his Moscow itinerary back in July. At the time, Obama’s administration was responding to criticism over its perceived abdication of the moral high ground by downplaying the role of human rights in the formulation of U.S. foreign policy.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s critics could hardly accuse him of abandoning Kremlin commitments to human rights, since those commitments have been dubious at best. But he’s gone on the offensive anyway.

Russia’s de facto No. 2 plans to use a visit this month to the United States for a UN General Assembly and a G-20 summit to turn the tables, according to Itar-Tass:

With less than a week to go before the September 22-25 visit, Medvedev’s planning team must be in overdrive.

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