Oleg Shchedrov

Position: Journalist

Articles

Ukraine considers quarantine after first H1N1 death October 30, 10:11am EDT 

KIEV, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Ukraine confirmed its first death from H1N1 swine flu on Friday and officials said that a quarantine could be introduced to halt the spread of the virus. An outbreak of flu and pneumonia has killed 30 people in western Ukraine ...  Full Article 

Blog Posts

Kremlin pets: cat follows dog

It is still unclear to what extent Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, will follow the course of his predecessor Vladimir Putin. But he shares Putin's love of pets. Throughout his eight years of rule, ...  Full Article | Comments [2] 

Medvedev's apprenticeship nearly over

Reuters Kremlin correspondent Oleg Shchedrov was the only reporter from a foreign media organisation allowed to travel with Russia's likely next president Dmitry Medvedev on a flying visit to Serbia and ...  Full Article 

Failed Machismo lesson

Russians love tough, macho leaders. Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev won applause by famously banging his shoe on the U.N. rostrum in the 1960s. Boris Yeltsin had a reputation of a true "muzhik" ...  Full Article