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Medvedev Africa Interview Obama Middle East Politics

“Russia is part of Islamic World”

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Published 23 June, 2009, 22:36

Medvedev highlighted the close relations between Russia and the Muslim world, whereas “Obama’s task [in Cairo] to defend America was more difficult,” Andrey Okhotkin, vice-President of the ESN Investment Group, told RT.

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