What is the world hoping to see from Medvedev? Michael Binyon, the Diplomatic Editor of the Times newspaper, joined Russia Today.

New Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, has a degree of professor of law. Daniel Klein, an analyst from the Hellevig, Klein and Usov law firm, told RT about the changes in legal climate he expects under Medvedev.

Former Senior State Department official Stephen Sestanovich, an expert on Russia from the Council on Foreign Relations, says fence-mending may be one of the big issues on President Medvedev’s international agenda.

Russia’s new President Medvedev nominated Putin as his Prime Minister. Ivan Safranchuk, from the World Security Institute, told RT about the expected changes in the government's work with Putin as PM.

Dmitry Suslov, political analyst from the Council for Foreign and Defence policy, spoke to RT about the possible economic and foreign policy of Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev.

Dimity Medvedev was inaugurated as president on Wednesday. Quentin Peel, international affairs editor at the Financial Times, joined RT to discuss what the west expects from Medvedev.

Medvedev's first step after the inauguration was the appointment of Vladimir Putin as Prime Minister. The editor-in-chief of the Slovo newspaper, Viktor Linnik, spoke to RT about the prospects of the Medvedev-Putin team.

Dmitry Medvedev is still seen by many as a softer personality than Putin. Aleksandr Pikaev, a political analyst from the Carnegie Moscow Centre, joined RT to comment on how foreign policy is likely to develop under President Medvedev.

There’s a general positive feeling among investors in the Russian market. Many of them regard the coming to power of the new president as the right moment to buy in the Russian equity market, says Alfa Bank strategist Eric Depoy.

Dmitry Medvedev has been sworn in as modern Russia’s third President. Political analyst and journalist Aleksey Pushkov spoke to RT about the changes ahead for Russian policy.

The first key decision by Medvedev will be the decision of who from the current Kremlin team stays with him and who goes to the Government with Putin. That’s according to the vice-president of the Russian Guild of Publishers, Vasily Gatov.

Many see Dmitry Medvedev more as Putin’s follower than an independent figure. Political analyst Viktoria Panova agrees Medvedev is not likely to introduce major changes in the first months of his presidency.

Russia’s foreign policy is not likely to change under Dmitry Medvedev, believes Vice-President at the Diplomatic Academy in Moscow, Evgeny Bazhanov. But the new president will need to improve relations with Georgia and Ukraine.