"We hope, it will be the good sign for us" said the Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Russia fr. I. Kovalevski commenting for Kai news agency the victory of Mr. Medvedev in presidential elections. "We would like to wish Dmitry Medvedev to continue the social policy of V. Putin, to take care about ordinary people, about poor people, about those who need social help and assistance most of all" he added. Describing Medvedev, fr. Kovalevsky stressed that "he has good knowledge of confessional topics and as a head of governmental commission carried out his functions well".
