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Medvedev Has Russian Officials All A-Twitter


Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's recent embrace of micro-blogging service Twitter, through his KremlinRussia account, has other Russian officials following suit, says RIA Novosti.

Two examples we found were Arkady Dvorkovich, Medvedev's chief economic adviser, and Pavel Astakhov, the presidential ombudsman for the rights of children.

-- Central Newsroom

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