2008.02.29
How would Putin rock?
As you surely know, Russian President Vladimir Putin is moving on, so to speak. His heir apparent in the race to replace him is one Dmitry Medvedev.
So what of Medvedev?
According to the Telegraph of London online, Medvedev was a bit of a rocker.
>As a schoolboy, he dreamt of becoming a lawyer, although he also developed an interest in "decadent" Western culture. He took part-time jobs as a construction worker and cleaner to earn money to buy jeans and foreign records, and he was particularly keen on Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. He once lamented the fact that his parents did not have enough money to buy a copy of The Wall on the black market.
Conventional wisdom says that Medvedev will be a Putin proxy. So, do they share a common affinity for black-market copies of acid-influenced rock music?
