Russians may be leery of Michelle Obama

MOSCOW — Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamour to Moscow this week as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president. But the first lady, who has wowed the public in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm, might face a bigger challenge in winning over a Russian public that has scant respect for women who grab the limelight from their powerful husbands. "The institution of first lady in Russia is still quite young," said Alyona Doletskaya, editor of Russian Vogue and doyenne of the Moscow fashion scene. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana, is pious and discreet. She supports charity and the arts but has assumed no independent... [read full story]                    

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