The Obamas have arrived in Moscow, and since it's already early evening there, they've had a full day of activities. President Obama met with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev at the Kremlin; Jake Tapper of ABC does a good sum-up of the issues under discussion here. In advance of President Obama's breakfast tomorrow morning with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Ed Henry of CNN, who by the way is very nice about tweeting food details to your intrepid blogger when he's on the road with the WH press pool, ponders who's really running the government in Russia here. The Washington Post does a full wrap of the joint Obama/Medvedev news conference, with tranlation, here. Above: President Obama and President Medvedev meet at the Kremlin.
First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia toured the Kremlin with Russian first Lady Svetlana Medvedeva (above). They visited the Kremlin's Winter Garden and the Cathedral of the Assumption, and the Armory, which has a huge collection of imperial regalia, and the State Diamond Fund, home to the 190-carat Orlov diamond as well as the world's largest sapphire.
After the Kremlin, the Obamas went to the US Embassy to meet with staff, and have a late lunch. Michelle Michalenko, one of the chefs at the US Embassy, Tweeted a bit while the Obamas met with staffers (@soireechef). Ms. Michalenko wrote that she got to shake hands with the President and First Lady, and then Mrs. Obama signed autographs for staffers' kids, while the President shook hands with the Marines.
This evening, the President and First Lady are scheduled to have dinner with President Medvedev and Lady Medvedeva at Gorki, the presidential residence.
*Related: President Medvedev on Sausages and Freedom.
*Photo at top of post by Pete Souza/White House; First Lady photo by Vladimir Rodionov/AP
