http://runninginheels.co.uk/articles/russia-europe/

What is Med up to?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/world/europe/12russia.html?_r=1&ref=world
http://en.rian.ru/video/20101109/161258359.html

So, apparently Medvedev has all of a sudden decided that attacks on journalists are horrible crimes and must be investigated. During a meeting with Rossiskaya Gazeta's journalists he expressed his concern for the situation and  praised the role of journalists in discovering and deliverying to the public the truth:

http://news.kremlin.ru/video/601

My guess is that since a video showing Kommersant journalist Oleg Kashin being beaten up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T96NFuxZ8Mo) has reached the internet and the wider audience, Med and his buddies want to show that they are actually taking care of this all situation before anyone starts saying that it's all the government's fault.

Here is a video on Baikalsk, a town built in Soviet times and now struggle to survive because of financial pressure and environmental protests:

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/11/08/world/europe/1248069280321/troubles-on-russia-s-lake-baikal.html?ref=world