Well, it is official now, Medvedev is the new President of Russia and the world will be watching what his policies will be, how closely will he be to his pre-election speeches and what key appointments will he be making to important positions. If the rest of the world reaches a bottom from credit market freeze-ups and other problems, and people like what they see coming out of the Russian government, expect a rapid rise in the Russian finance markets in the next several months, including the equity markets which have recently been hurt.