Medvedev vlog now open for comments

Yeah, it's great to have Drezner and Lynch on board, but at the next FP staff meeting, I'm definitely suggesting that we add Dmitry Medvedev's vlog to the new site. Russia's president opened up his already succesful video blog to comments this week and the initial response, according to his staff, has been pretty big:

As of 5:00 p.m., 3,519 people had registered on the website, and 168 were refused registration due to the blog's rules," the spokesman said. "Another 443 are waiting for confirmation of their registration."

By Tuesday evening, there were 603 comments left on the site and another 132 were waiting to be edited, the spokesman said.There are 10 employees who handle the traffic on the president's website.

Not too shabby. Then again, maybe if we had "10 employees who handle the traffic," Passport would be running up Perez Hilton numbers. It also helps to already be a president and have access to scenic backdrops: