To Russia with Love - French style -Medvedev is in Paris , trading natural gas for a highly advanced warship.  What was most interesting was the way Sarkozy pandered to Medvedev - calling Russia a partner.  So Dictatorship is ok if you can sell ships.  France is naive if they think this solidifies a relationship with Russia - Sarkozy was the one who helped negotiate the cease-fire between Georgia & Russia which Russia breaks virtually daily.  Ah, commerce matters more.  I can't believe Sarkozy actually thinks that this makes it a love fest with Putin and Medvedev.  Russia uses France to Russia's advantage and if that becomes a disadvantage, that's it.

The centuries old entanglement and love-hate relationship between the 2 countries continues.