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Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is one of the brightest political figures in the government of the Russian Federation. Currently, he is Deputy Head of the Russian Federation and holds the position of Prime Minister of Russia. In the period 2008-2012, he was the third president of the Russian Federation, before that he headed the board of directors of OAO Gazprom.
Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich was born on September 14, 1965 in the "sleeping" district of Leningrad in a family of teachers. Parents Anatoly Afanasyevich and Yulia Veniaminovna worked as teachers in pedagogical and technological universities. Dima was the only child in the family, so he received the utmost care and attention from his parents, who tried to invest the best qualities in their son and instill in him a love of learning.
They succeeded in full - at school No. 305, where Medvedev received his education, the boy clearly showed his abilities, strove for knowledge, showing interest in the exact sciences. Teachers remember him as a diligent, diligent and calm student, who was rarely seen with his peers in the yard, since he devoted all his time to study.
In 1982, after graduating from school, Dmitry Medvedev entered the Faculty of Law at Leningrad State University, where he also proved himself to be a successful student with pronounced leadership qualities. In his student years, the future chairman of the government of the Russian Federation became interested in rock music, photography and weightlifting. In 1990 he defended his dissertation and became a candidate of legal sciences.
The politician himself says that in his student years he worked as a janitor, for which he was paid 120 rubles, which was a significant increase in the increased 50-ruble scholarship.
Career
Since 1988, Dmitry Medvedev has been teaching at the Leningrad State University, teaching civil and Roman law to students. Along with teaching, he showed himself as a scientist and became one of the co-authors of the three-volume textbook "Civil Law", for which he wrote 4 chapters.
Medvedev's political career began in 1990. At that time, he became the "favorite" adviser to the first mayor of Saint Petersburg. A year later, he became a member of the St. Petersburg City Hall Committee for External Relations, where he worked as an expert under the guidance of.
At that time, for novice politicians, Anatoly Sobchak became a kind of "guide" to the world of big politics, thanks to which many high-ranking officials and statesmen of Russia from his team currently hold their positions.
In the period of the 90s, the future Prime Minister of the Russian Federation actively manifested himself in the field of business. In 1993, he became a co-founder of Frinzel OJSC, he owns 50% of the company's shares. At the same time, Dmitry Medvedev became director of legal affairs at the Ilim Pulp Enterprise timber industry corporation. In 1994, Dmitry Anatolyevich joined the management team of OAO Bratsk Timber Industry Complex.
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
The biography of Dmitry Medvedev finally went in a political direction in 1999. Then he became Vladimir Putin's deputy in the mayor's office of St. Petersburg, who at that time headed the apparatus of the government of the Russian Federation. In 2000, by decree of the new President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Medvedev was appointed to the post of first deputy head of the presidential administration.
In 2003, after the resignation of the former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Voloshin, the politician headed the presidential administration. Then he entered the Security Council and received the status of a permanent member of this department. In 2006, at the beginning of the presidential election campaign, many analytical centers began to predict Dmitry Anatolyevich for the presidency of the Russian Federation, considering him Putin's first favorite.
A rumor leaked to the media that two years before the elections, the Kremlin created the Successor project under the supervision of . The forecasts were confirmed - in 2007, Dmitry Medvedev's candidacy for the post of Russian head was supported by Vladimir Putin and members of the United Russia party.
As soon as Dmitry Anatolyevich began to appear frequently in newspapers and on television, the public noted his extraordinary resemblance to the emperor. Some sources began to publish theories about reincarnation or a secret conspiracy, for the execution of which a person who looks like an emperor should be in power, while others started talking about fate and the fact that Medvedev was destined to rule the country, since he has such a speaking appearance.
Conspiracy theories began to surround the politician who gained popularity. Websites have appeared on the Internet claiming that all of Dmitry Medvedev's personal data is forged to hide that he is Jewish by nationality, and his real name is Mendel. Official representatives of the Kremlin do not even comment on such theories, considering them not worth the attention of politicians.
President of the Russian Federation
On March 2, 2008, Dmitry Medvedev won a landslide victory in the presidential race, gaining about 70% of the votes. In May, the inauguration of the youngest president of Russia took place. During the event, Medvedev outlined priority goals and noted that in his new position, his primary and main tasks will be the development of economic and civil liberties, as well as the creation of new civic opportunities.
The first decrees of the third president of the Russian Federation concerned the development of the social sphere: education, health care, and improving the living conditions of veterans. Natalya Timakova became the presidential press secretary, making her the first woman to hold this position in Russia.
In 2009, Medvedev published his article “Forward Russia!”, in which he formulated his views and theses regarding the modernization of the country. The most famous project of the young head of the Russian Federation was the creation of Skolkovo - "Russian Silicon Valley", on the territory of which an innovative complex was erected, the work of which was aimed at developing and concentrating international intellectual capital.
Medvedev also fell to the five-day war with Georgia, which began against the background of the conflict with South Ossetia. Then Dmitry Anatolyevich signed a decree according to which Russian troops were sent to protect Russia's southern neighbor, as a result of which the Georgian troops were defeated. At that time, there was a surge of patriotic sentiment in Russian society, so Medvedev's foreign policy was largely supported by the population.
As president, Dmitry Medvedev also continued Putin's policy of developing agriculture and the country's socio-economic direction. High-profile decrees were the reorganization of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the abolition of winter time and the introduction of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, providing for the extension of the terms of office of the head of state from 4 to 6 years. Also in the achievement of Dmitry Medvedev can be attributed the creation of the Anti-Corruption Council of Russia.
Technology
Dmitry Anatolyevich's trip to the USA, to Silicon Valley, attracted particular attention of the general public. As part of this trip, the President of the Russian Federation met with the idol of millions, the head of Apple. The purpose of the meeting was to talk about new technologies and the prospects for the development of the IT market, which was supposed to help create an analogue of Silicon Valley in Russia - Skolkovo. At the end of the meeting, Steve Jobs gave Medvedev an iPhone 4, a novelty of the time, a smartphone that was not supposed to go on sale until the day after the meeting.
To the surprise of the public, when the president returned to Russia, he did not use the gift. The press tried to find political overtones in this, but everything turned out to be much simpler. Medvedev was presented with an ordinary smartphone for the United States with a connection to the network, and in Russia the iPhone simply stopped working. This problem is known to many users of American phones who have decided to buy equipment abroad cheaper, so there is a whole illegal sector of unblocking services. But it is impossible to imagine that the head of state will use a hacked phone.
The president's fascination with new technologies, and especially communications, led not only to the creation of Skolkovo, but also to innovations in Russian politics and its ways of interacting with the people. Dmitry Medvedev created a blog on the Live Journal platform as a channel for quick and direct communication with the president. Although this method was used for the first time, it received public approval and began to develop actively.
Soon, Dmitry Anatolyevich registered on the social networks VKontakte and Facebook, and his press secretary turned to the audience of the sites with a request to use new communication channels to discuss current problems and events, and not for practical jokes and self-expression. In addition, the politician has an official Instagram account with 2.6 million followers, despite the fact that there are not many photos posted. On Medvedev's Instagram, a fairly large percentage of photos are images of colorful Russian nature, and the other is frames from official events and trips.
The ex-president loves communications technology, but technology doesn't always love him. During the broadcast of the speech of the President of the Russian Federation on Latvian television, a technical failure occurred, and under the name of Dmitry Medvedev, the inscription "President of Latvia" appeared. The moment of failure was captured by one of the viewers, who posted the confirmation on the Internet. The momentary glitch spawned a wave of humor and conspiracy theories.
Second term
In 2011, during a meeting of the United Russia party, Medvedev said that Vladimir Putin, then prime minister, should run for president. The meeting participants and delegates in the amount of about 10 thousand people gave a standing ovation to this statement. In 2012, after Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential elections in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev was appointed Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and a little later he headed the United Russia political party.
Kremlin officials consider Dmitry Medvedev an excellent administrator, a decent person, a modern, out-of-the-box thinking and competent lawyer. According to media reports, colleagues and associates in the civil service call Dmitry Anatolyevich "Vizir" or "Nanopresident", which is most likely due to Dmitry Anatolyevich's passion for new technologies and the low growth of the politician. According to unofficial data, Medvedev's height is 163 cm.
In 2015, "breaking news" appeared on several sites with Ukrainian hosting, which talked about a plane crash in which "the prime minister of Russia died." The text, which was copied verbatim from site to site, said that the plane took off from Sheremetyevo and allegedly crashed two minutes after takeoff. In addition to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and the head of Chechnya were "present" on board the aircraft. Numerous media outlets and Medvedev himself immediately denied the fake, which did not prevent news with the same text from appearing on various sites exactly one year later and again sowing confusion in the press.
Humor and scandals
The latest developments in the work of the Prime Minister and his proposals and initiatives attract great public attention, often in a negative and humorous way. Many of his statements become memes and aphorisms and spread across the Web in less than a day.
In May 2016, the press began quoting Dmitry Medvedev's scandalous statement: "There is no money, but you hold on" in response to a complaint about low pensions. The phrase spread around almost all the media, and in various variations appeared on humorous sites and social networks.
Meme on saying "There is no money, but you hold on" While some part of the public came up with new jokes, another was openly indignant at the fact that the government refuses to take care of pensioners. As it turned out later, the scandalous phrase was simply taken out of context, in fact, Dmitry Anatolyevich promised the pensioner that the indexation would take place a little later, when the opportunity arose, and then, already saying goodbye, he wished to hold on, adding other warm wishes to this.
The summer of 2016 gave the public another odious statement by the Prime Minister. This time, during the forum "Territory of Meanings", Dmitry Anatolyevich spoke about teachers. When asked about the low salaries of teachers, Medvedev replied that teaching is a calling, and that an energetic teacher will always find an opportunity to earn extra money, and if a person wants to earn a lot, then he should think about changing his profession and go into business.
This reasoning caused a stormy condemnation from the citizens of the country, who are sure that teachers and other state employees should receive decent salaries, and not choose between vocation and well-being. Many teachers considered the prime minister's words offensive.
In the autumn of the same year, the Internet began to quote Dmitry Anatolyevich again. During the ceremony of signing the agreements following the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, Medvedev half-jokingly, half-seriously proposed to rename the classic type of Americano coffee to Rusiano. The public immediately picked up this initiative, many cafes began to list a new drink in their prices, and some even offered a discount to those visitors who order the usual coffee, calling it in a new way.
But this humorous episode was not without ill-wishers. Critics have begun to associate this idea with "jingoism" and with the fact that the prime minister, allegedly, wasting time on strange ideas, instead of fulfilling his official duties.
Personal life
The personal life of Dmitry Medvedev, as well as his political career, is clean, transparent and stable. With his wife, the daughter of a soldier, he met in his school years. Medvedev's wife was the first beauty, at school and in the financial and economic university, popular with young people. However, Svetlana chose a calm, intelligent and promising as her future husband. The wedding of Dmitry Medvedev and Svetlana Linnik took place in 1989.
Currently, Medvedev's wife works in Moscow and organizes public events in her native St. Petersburg. Svetlana Medvedeva became the head of the target program for working with youth "Spiritual and moral culture of the younger generation in Russia." At the initiative of Medvedev's wife, in 2008 a new holiday, "Day of Family, Love and Fidelity", was introduced.
In 1996, a son, Ilya, was born in the Medvedev family, who has been a student at MGIMO since 2012. Medvedev's son entered the university on a general basis of competition, thanks to the high performance of the Unified State Examination, where he received 94 points in English and 87 points in Russian, and also passed an additional exam with 95 points out of 100 possible.
He also tried his hand at cinema and starred in one of the episodes of the humorous television magazine Yeralash. The young man dreamed of an acting career, but, looking at himself from the side after the release of the episode, he realized that this was not his.
Now Ilya Medvedev successfully completed his undergraduate studies at MGIMO and is thinking about a career as a corporate lawyer. Ilya is the only son of Dmitry Anatolyevich, according to official sources, the politician has no other children, which does not prevent various websites and newspapers from spreading rumors about Dmitry Medvedev's personal life.
The family of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation has a certain passion for animals. Their pets include the "first cat of the country" named Dorofey, as well as a couple of English setters, a golden retriever and a Central Asian shepherd dog.
In addition, Dmitry Anatolyevich is fond of photography and even participated in prestigious photo exhibitions. But a political career is not too conducive to his hobby. As Medvedev himself laments, given his status, if he suddenly starts taking pictures of those around him, he will at least be misunderstood.
Alumni meeting
The personal life of Dmitry Anatolyevich attracts no less attention than his political career. In 2011, the Internet literally blew up a video of poor quality in which Medvedev dances to "American Fight", and a well-known comedian makes him dance company. Video for some time became the most popular in the top materials of YouTube video hosting. The story of the dance has been beaten more than once in KVN, many jokes and video clips have also appeared on its basis.
Dmitry Medvedev did not become indignant or deny and said on Twitter that he really danced at a meeting of university graduates, which took place a year before the video appeared in the public domain. And such music for the event was chosen, according to Medvedev, to preserve the atmosphere of their university time, since such songs were listened to by those gathered in their youth. With age, the musical tastes of all those present naturally changed. Now Dmitry Medvedev is a big fan of rock music, he listens to Deep Purple and Linkin Park.
Dmitry Anatolyevich was defended not only by stars and politicians who complained about the lack of the very concept of privacy in Russia, but also by the public, who decided that a politician dancing at a party is quite adequate and normal, but to shoot people on the sly relaxed at a private party - worthy of blame.
Income
The financial condition of Medvedev also does not cease to excite the inhabitants of the country. According to the latest official figures, Medvedev's income for 2014 amounted to just under 8 million rubles, which is twice the amount of his earnings in 2013.
In 2015, the declared income of the Prime Minister increased slightly and amounted to 8.9 million rubles. There have been no significant changes in Medvedev's "property" column - he still owns an apartment of more than 350 square meters and two cars (GAZ-20 and GAZ-21).
Dmitry Medvedev now
On March 18, 2018, Vladimir Putin won again. Immediately after the elected president of the Russian Federation, the government headed by the chairman resigned.
Immediately after taking office, Vladimir Putin again offered the post of prime minister to Dmitry Medvedev. May 18 was announced to reporters.
Dmitry Anatolievich Medvedev- Russian statesman and politician, third president of the Russian Federation (2008 - 2012), chairman of the government of the Russian Federation (since 2012), chairman of the United Russia party (since 2012).
Origin, childhood, education of Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev was born on September 14, 1965 in Leningrad. Dmitry Medvedev was the only child in a family that lived in the Kupchino district, a “sleeping area” of Leningrad, on Bela Kun Street.
Father - Anatoly Afanasyevich Medvedev(1926-2004) - was a professor at the Leningrad Technological Institute named after the Lensoviet. He is a descendant of the peasants of the Kursk province.
Dmitry Medvedev's mother Yulia Veniaminovna(maiden name - Shaposhnikova) - was born on November 21, 1939, the daughter of Veniamin Sergeevich Shaposhnikov and Melanya Vasilievna Kovaleva - a philologist, taught at the Pedagogical Institute named after A. I. Herzen, later worked as a guide in Pavlovsk. On the maternal side, the roots of Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev are from the Belgorod region. There is not much information about them, the biography of Dmitry Medvedev on Wikipedia only says that Sergey Ivanovich and Ekaterina Nikitichna Shaposhnikovs, Vasily Alexandrovich and Anfiya Filippovna Kovalyovs come from Alekseevka, Belgorod Region. However, the "Interlocutor" wrote that Dmitry Medvedev's grandfather Veniamin Shaposhnikov worked in the sanitary service on the railway, and his grandmother, Melanya Vasilievna, was a housewife and sewed at home. The mother of Dmitry Anatolyevich has a twin sister Elena (real name Serafima) Shaposhnikova. Aunt Medvedev lives in Voronezh and in the United States, where her son Artem, the Prime Minister's cousin, bought her an apartment in Miami.
Dmitry Medvedev in childhood
paternal grandfather - Afanasy Fyodorovich Medvedev(1904−1994) was a party worker from 1933. Member of the Great Patriotic War, captain. Grandmother - Nadezhda Vasilievna Medvedeva was a housewife, raised children: Svetlana and Anatoly.
Dmitry Medvedev attended secondary school No. 305, where he studied well, was a diligent student, even preferring outdoor games to classes. After leaving school, Dmitry Anatolyevich entered the Leningrad State University named after A. A. Zhdanov at the Faculty of Law. Having completed the basic course of study in 1987, Dmitry Medvedev became a graduate student. He completed his postgraduate studies in 1990.
Dmitry Medvedev and his class, 1979
Even at school, Dmitry Medvedev was engaged in kayaking, went rowing to the school of labor reserves. In his student years he was successfully involved in weightlifting. Short stature (Dmitry Medvedev's height is 163 cm), as you know, can be convenient in this sport. Dmitry Anatolyevich even won university weightlifting competitions.
At the university, Medvedev joined the party, remained a member of the CPSU until August 1991. And another interesting moment from the life of Dmitry Anatolyevich: in a conversation with students of the Pacific University, the future third president of Russia shared his revelations. He said that, while studying at the university, he received an increased scholarship of 50 rubles. and at the same time worked as a janitor, receiving a salary of 120 rubles. per month.
Dmitry Medvedev (left) in his student years
Since 1988 (from 1988 to 1990 as a graduate student) Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev began his career - he taught civil and Roman law at the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University, then St. Petersburg State University. He defended his thesis on the topic: "Problems of the implementation of the civil legal personality of a state enterprise." Dmitry Anatolyevich stopped teaching only in 1999 due to moving to Moscow.
Career of Dmitry Medvedev
Studying in graduate school and being at the same time teaching, Dmitry Anatolyevich in parallel in 1990-1995 was an adviser to the chairman of the Leningrad City Council of People's Deputies Anatoly Sobchak from which he began his activity as a politician. Then Dmitry Medvedev was appointed an expert of the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office, of which he was Vladimir Putin .
In the 1990s, Dmitry Medvedev also had time for business. In 1993, he became a co-founder of ZAO Finzell and the owner of a 50% stake. In 1993-1998 - co-founder and head of the legal service "Ilim Pulp Enterprise", the owner of a 20% stake. In 1994 he was a co-founder CJSC "Consulting firm "Balflot". According to some reports, in the first half of the 90s, Medvedev's biography also included work as a lawyer in a St. Petersburg joint-stock insurance company "Rus".
In 1996, after Sobchak's defeat in the elections, Dmitry Medvedev stopped working at Smolny. Dmitry Medvedev's Moscow period began in November 1999, when he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation ( Dmitry Kozak). This was facilitated by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
After leaving Boris Yeltsin, Medvedev worked as deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation. Dmitry Anatolyevich headed the campaign headquarters of Vladimir Putin.
Pictured: Vladimir Putin (right) spoke at a press conference at his campaign headquarters. Second from the right - the head of Vladimir Putin's campaign headquarters - Dmitry Medvedev, 2000. (Photo: Sergey Velichkin, Vladimir Rodionov/TASS)
The official biography of Dmitry Medvedev also contains an entry about his work as chairman of the board of directors Gazprom"(2000 - 2001), vice chairman in 2001 and chairman again since June 2002.
Since October 2003, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev became the head of the presidential administration of Russia. Also in 2003, on November 12, he was appointed a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. In April 2004, Dmitry Anatolyevich received the status of a permanent member of the Russian Security Council.
Dmitry Medvedev (pictured left) Appointed head of the Russian presidential administration by presidential decree (Photo: Kremlin/TASS press service); Russian President Vladimir Putin and head of the presidential administration Dmitry Medvedev (left to right), 2003. (Photo: Vladimir Rodionov/TASS)
From November 14, 2005 to May 7, 2008, Dmitry Medvedev served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. In 2006-2008, he was also chairman of the Presidium of the Council for the Implementation of Priority National Projects. In October 2007, Medvedev announced the implementation of a project to connect all Russian schools to the Internet (59,000).
On December 10, 2007, the main news was that Vladimir Putin supported the candidacy Dmitry Medvedev to the post of President of the Russian Federation. “As for the candidacy of Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, I have known him very closely for more than 17 years, and I fully support this candidacy,” said Vladimir Vladimirovich. The next day, TV broadcast Medvedev's appeal to Putin "with a request to agree in principle to head the Russian government after the election of a new president of our country." On December 17, 2007, Dmitry Medvedev was nominated as a candidate for the post of President of Russia at the congress of the United Russia party. Only one delegate was against, and 478 people were in favor.
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a press conference at his campaign headquarters. (Photo: Dmitry Astakhov/TASS)
Dmitry Medvedev went to the polls with the slogan "Together we will win." Medvedev's election headquarters headed by the head of the Presidential Administration and the future mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin. In his election promises, Dmitry Anatolyevich spoke about raising the level and quality of life of the population, about continuing to work on priority national projects. “... the main thing for our country is the continuation of a calm and stable development. We just need decades of stable development. What our country was deprived of in the twentieth century is a decade of normal life and purposeful work,” said the future third president in a speech at the II All-Russian Civil Forum on January 22, 2008.
In the elections held on March 2, 2008, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev received 52,530,712 votes (70.28%). In his inaugural speech, Dmitry Anatolyevich stated that he considers "the further development of civil and economic freedoms, the creation of new civic opportunities" as a priority task in his new position. He confirmed this course by signing his first decrees that directly relate to the social sphere. In particular, one of the first documents was a federal law providing for the provision of housing at the expense of the federal budget to all veterans of the Great Patriotic War who need to improve their living conditions until May 2010.
Dmitry Medvedev taking the oath at the inauguration ceremony of the President of Russia in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 2008. (Photo: Vladimir Rodionov/TASS)
During the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev, population growth stabilized, and the percentage of large families increased. He continued the policy of Vladimir Putin in the field of agriculture. It is difficult to consider the activities of President Medvedev in isolation from the work of the Prime Minister of those years, Putin, often joint photos of representatives of the "tandem" were published in the media. Together, Medvedev and Putin made working trips around the country, to its farthest corners, as they do to this day. So in 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited the island of Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land archipelago on March 29, where they talked with environmentalists and got acquainted with the results of cleaning the island from garbage.
Under President Medvedev, the real incomes of the population grew by almost 20%, the average size of pensions doubled; more than a million families have improved their living conditions thanks to the maternity capital program. Much has been done in the field of small business - Medvedev contributed to the simplification of the procedure for starting one's own business, and also removed some restrictions for entrepreneurs, Dmitry Anatolyevich himself urged "not to nightmare business."
Computer technology, innovation, gadgets
The foundation was laid for the creation of a powerful research center, which was supposed to become an analogue of the American Silicon Valley. In September 2010, Medvedev signed Federal Law No. 244 "On the Skolkovo Innovation Center", Dmitry Anatolyevich repeatedly called this center a landmark and most important link in Russia's modernization.
Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the opening of the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management (Photo: Dmitry Astakhov/TASS)
In general, Dmitry Medvedev devoted a lot of time to innovation, which was the subject of jokes about him, due to the president's craving for modern gadgets, the development of the Internet, and his presence in social networks. Photos of Dmitry Medvedev with smartphones and other devices were actively published in the news.
Today, in 2017, Dmitry Medvedev remains a fan of social networks, is registered on Twitter, VKontakte, publishes photos on the Instagram social network. For example, Medvedev used Instagram to congratulate Russia Day by posting a photo with four Russian flags against the backdrop of a coniferous forest.
Dmitry Anatolyevich's nickname on Instagram is damedvedev. By the summer of 2017, Medvedev posted more than 500 photos there, which collect tens of thousands of "likes". In particular, a photo in which Medvedev and Putin are having dinner on fish soup on Lake Ilmen received 170,000 likes. Many of Medvedev's posts on social networks immediately become news and get into many media outlets.
Military conflict with Georgia
A difficult episode occurred in the biography of President Medvedev already in the first year of his presidency. On the night of August 7-8, 2008, shocking news came from the Caucasus - Georgian troops began intensive artillery shelling of the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinval, and surrounding areas. The tragedy continued when, a few hours later, the city was stormed by Georgian armored vehicles and infantry. As a result of the attack, more than ten servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping forces were killed, and several dozen were wounded.
On the same day, the President of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, reported numerous casualties among civilians in South Ossetia and accused the President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili in the genocide of the Ossetian people.
Medvedev later noted: “Ultimately, for some time we still had hopes that this was still some kind of provocation that would not be carried through to the end. But at the moment when the rocket guns really started working, tanks started firing, and I was informed about the death of our citizens, including peacekeepers, I didn’t hesitate for a minute and gave the order to defeat and retaliate.”
During this period, President Medvedev held talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, culminating in the adoption of a plan for resolving the armed conflict in Georgia. Dmitry Anatolyevich described the actions of the Georgian army in the zone of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict as genocide and ethnic cleansing. He also compared the leadership of Georgia to "thugs who smelled blood."
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (from left to right) at a meeting in the Kremlin. (Moscow, August 12, 2008)
The media showed photos of a meeting in an official setting in the Kremlin on August 14, 2008 (after the end of active hostilities in Georgia) between Medvedev and the President of the Republic of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh and President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity. During the meeting, Kokoity and Bagapsh signed six principles for settling the Georgian-South Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhazian conflicts, previously developed by Medvedev and Sarkozy; the presidents of the unrecognized republics were informed that Russia would support any decision on the status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia that the peoples of these republics would make.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh and South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity (left to right) at a meeting in the Kremlin. (Photo: Dmitry Astakhov/TASS)
Foreign policy of Dmitry Medvedev
In 2009, Dmitry Medvedev held talks with Barack Obama during his official working visit to Moscow. Bilateral agreements were signed, including on the transit of US military supplies to Afghanistan through Russian territory, and guidelines for the reduction of strategic offensive weapons were outlined. On April 8, 2010, Russian President D. Medvedev and US President B. Obama signed the Treaty on the Reduction of Strategic Offensive Arms for a period of 10 years in Prague.
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left to right), Moscow. July 7, 2009 (Photo: Dmitry Astakhov/TASS)
November 28, 2009 Dmitry Medvedev, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev in Minsk signed an agreement on the creation on the territory of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan from January 1, 2010 of a single customs space.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (left to right). Belarus. November 29, 2009
In April 2010, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev held talks with the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, which resulted in the signing of the Kharkiv agreements on the continuation of the deployment of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea after 2017.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (left to right) (Photo: Dmitry Astakhov / TASS)
As prime minister. Criticism of D. Medvedev
On May 8, 2012, Dmitry Medvedev was appointed Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. As prime minister, he had to face a more severe economic crisis than during his presidency, and in recent years Dmitry Anatolyevich has received a lot of criticism, in particular from the Communist Party. In the summer of 2013, tens of thousands of people, taking to the streets as part of the all-Russian campaign launched by the communists for the resignation of the cabinet of ministers, openly expressed their disagreement with the course pursued by the highest executive authority. In the fall of 2016, the leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov noticed that with Medvedev's team there was nowhere to go further.
In 2016, Dmitry Medvedev was remembered for a few phrases that eventually gained great fame and became Internet memes. Medvedev got into the top ten memes of the year with the famous appeal to the inhabitants of the Crimea “There is no money, but you hold on”. And the prime minister's proposal to rename "americano" to "rusiano" took 7th place in the ranking of Google queries.
I also remember how, in the summer of 2016, Dmitry Anatolyevich at the educational forum "Territory of Meanings" advised a teacher from Dagestan, who complained about the low salaries of teachers in the republic, to go into business. “The most important thing is personal choice. I am often asked about this. And for teachers, and for teachers - this is a vocation. And if you want to earn money, there are a lot of great places where you can do it faster and better. The same business,” the prime minister said.
In 2017, the Anti-Corruption Foundation * Alexei Navalny published an investigation dedicated to Dmitry Medvedev. The main topic is real estate objects (they were shot by quadrocopters from a bird's eye view) owned by funds and companies that, according to the authors of the publication, are associated with the Prime Minister. News about the film "He is not Dimon to you" became a notable phenomenon in the spring of 2017.
The prime minister himself called all the information presented dregs and nonsense.
In turn, a group of deputies from the Communist Party submitted a draft protocol instruction in connection with the accusations that appeared on the Internet. The document says that the information published by Navalny caused a wide public outcry, and the absence of any reaction to these “revelations” causes significant damage to the authority of state power. In this regard, the Communists instruct the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption to check the publication "He is not Dimon to you." The State Duma at a meeting on April 5 by a majority of votes rejected the draft protocol instruction submitted by the deputies of the Communist Party faction to conduct a parliamentary investigation of the materials on the real estate of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, set out in the investigation.
“I will not specifically comment on the absolutely false products of political crooks and would think that the faction of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation that I respect should refrain from this,” Medvedev said, answering a question from a deputy from the Communist Party in the State Duma. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev called the accusations of the FBK "absolutely false products of political crooks."
In April 2017, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reported on his income. According to the declaration, Medvedev's income in 2016 slightly decreased and amounted to more than 8.5 million rubles.
In turn, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov expressed the opinion that the composition of the government proposed by candidate Medvedev would not be able to implement the strategy of the President of the Russian Federation.
On May 8, the State Duma approved the appointment of Dmitry Medvedev to the post of prime minister. According to the voting results, Medvedev's candidacy was supported by 374 deputies, with the required 226 votes. 56 parliamentarians voted against Medvedev, three did not take part in the vote, the news reported.
Personal life and hobbies of Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister's wife Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva(surname before marriage - Linnik) was born on March 15, 1965 in Kronstadt, in the family of a naval sailor Vladimir Alekseevich Linnik and an economist Larisa Ivanovna Linnik. Svetlana Linnik, after moving to Leningrad, studied at the same school with Dmitry Medvedev. Svetlana Medvedeva graduated from LFEI, works in Moscow and organizes public events in St. Petersburg. Dmitry Medvedev's wife heads the Board of Trustees "Spiritual and Moral Culture of the Younger Generation of Russia" and is President of the Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives.
Dmitry Medvedev with his wife Svetlana (Photo: Dmitry Astakhov / TASS)
The Medvedevs have a son, Ilya (born in 1995), who completed his studies at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 2016. The MK publication published a photo of the prime minister's son and an interview with him. In him Ilya Medvedev says that the topic of his diploma is “Joint-stock companies in Russia and England, legal regulation”. Medvedev's son also talks about his love for the theater, football and fencing. But Ilya Medvedev admitted that he no longer dreams of a film career after he starred in Yeralash and saw it from the side.
Dmitry Medvedev loves football and has been a fan of Zenit since childhood. There are many photos of Medvedev wearing a Zenith scarf. Favorite rock band is Deep Purple. Dmitry Anatolyevich also listens to Linkin Park with his son Ilya. Among the favorite groups of Medvedev are "Earthlings", with many rock musicians, Russian and foreign, the prime minister met and took photos together.
Dmitry Medvedev (second from left) with his wife Svetlana and Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko (right) at the Champions League match: Zenit (St. Petersburg) - Shakhtar (Donetsk). (Photo: Ruslan Shamukov/TASS)
Dmitry Anatolyevich is fond of photography. I started taking pictures as a child with the Smena-8M camera. Already as president, Medvedev participated in the open-air photo exhibition "The World Through the Eyes of Russians", held in March 2010 on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow. Today, Medvedev's arsenal includes cameras from Leica, Nikon and Canon.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a visit to the State Museum-Reserve of Sergei Yesenin in the village of Konstantinovo. (Photo: Alexander Ryumin/TASS)
“Of course I like taking pictures of people. But photographing people is not easy for me. After all, because of my work, it will look rather strange if at some point I run out with a camera and start photographing someone. I’m afraid people just won’t understand me,” Medvedev said about his passion for photography.
* The non-profit organization Anti-Corruption Foundation was included in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
From 14 to 28 August, Dmitry Medvedev did not take part in public events. This is due to a sports injury, according to the press center of the government. According to Mikhail Buben, the prime minister did not disappear, he was at his workplace in Moscow.
The fact that Dmitry Medvedev stopped appearing in public was noticed by society on the 23rd. The Cabinet assured: he is not on vacation, he is not sick - it’s just that there are no public speaking in the prime minister’s schedule.
The Kremlin told what really happened to Medvedev
So far, the official version of Dmitry Medvedev's two-week absence is a sports injury. Allegedly because of her, he decided to cancel some important events. What kind of injury it is, has not yet been found out. The Kremlin said that the prime minister is constantly in touch with Vladimir Putin.
Dmitry Peskov knows nothing about the state of health of Dmitry Medvedev. The prime minister, as you know, is an active user of social networks, but there are no photos on his page, any information that could indicate what really happened to him, what kind of sports he started playing. When he was a student, he often went kayaking, and during his presidency he played badminton and practiced yoga.
Some experts believe that the disappearance of Dmitry Medvedev is connected with the new pension reform. Allegedly, the public took up arms against him, and they decided to temporarily “hide” him. In March last year, Dmitry Medvedev also disappeared, and this happened after the Anti-Corruption Foundation conducted an investigation, and a video “He is not Dimon to you” appeared on the network.
The disappearance of Dmitry Medvedev continues to be discussed. According to some reports, in fact, the prime minister's schedule included public events, but either they were canceled, or his presence at them was canceled. Some experts believe that most likely the official simply cannot comment on the "hot" topics - the very pension reform, the VAT increase, the volatility of the ruble, prices - therefore he decided to avoid them. Someone says that he "went into a binge", others suggested that Dmitry Medvedev had a microstroke. The fact is that at the meeting on August 30, he really did not look well, his face was swollen, and his speech was slow.
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev - President of the Russian Federation from 2008 to 2012, since May 2012 heads the Government of the Russian Federation.Childhood and youth of Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev was born into an intelligent Leningrad family. 
His father, Anatoly Afanasyevich Medvedev, was a professor at the Leningrad Technological Institute. Lensoviet (currently - St. Petersburg State Technical University), and my mother, Yulia Veniaminovna, taught at the Pedagogical Institute. Herzen, later worked as a guide in the suburban reserve Pavlovsk. Dmitry was the only child in the family.
Dmitry Medvedev's childhood passed in the residential area of Leningrad - Kupchino. He attended school number 305 on Budapest Street. Nina Pavlovna Eryukhina, Medvedev's class teacher, recalled that Dmitry devoted all his time to studying, was fond of chemistry and often stayed in the office, conducting various experiments, but he was rarely seen walking with classmates. By the way, Dmitry still keeps in touch with the teachers of his native school.
In 1979, Dmitry joined the Komsomol, a member of which he remained until August 1991.
In 1982, Dmitry Medvedev graduated from high school, after which he entered the law faculty of St. Petersburg State University, which in those years bore the unpronounceable name of the Leningrad Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor State University. Zhdanov.
Nikolai Kropachev, who at that time was a graduate student at the department of criminal law (in 2008 he became the rector of St. Petersburg State University), described student Medvedev as follows: “A strong, good student. He went in for sports, in particular weightlifting. Once he won something for his faculty. But in the main classes, he was the same as everyone else. Only diligently.
By the way, in his youth, the politician was fond of hard rock, his favorite bands are Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Dmitry listened to domestic rock, in particular, Chaif. In addition, as a student, Medvedev became the owner of the Smena-8M camera and became seriously interested in photography. Dmitry Medvedev did not serve in the army, but as a student he completed military training in Khukhoyamaki (Karelia).
In 1987, Dmitry received a law degree, then continued his scientific career in graduate school. For the next three years, he worked on his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Problems of the implementation of the civil legal personality of a state enterprise”, while simultaneously teaching at the department of civil law in his alma mater, and also moonlighting as a janitor for 120 rubles a month.
Political career of Dmitry Medvedev
When the elections of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR were held in March 1989, Professor Anatoly Sobchak was also among the deputies who ran. The future mayor of St. Petersburg was Medvedev's supervisor, and the young graduate student helped his mentor as much as possible: he put up posters, agitated passers-by on the streets, and spoke at election rallies. 
When Dmitry Medvedev defended his PhD in 1990, Sobchak, who already held the post of chairman of the Leningrad City Council, invited his ward to the staff, saying that he would need "young and modern" people. The young man accepted the offer, becoming one of Sobchak's advisers, while continuing his teaching activities at the department. It was at Sobchak's headquarters that Medvedev first met Vladimir Putin, who was also invited to work by Anatoly Alexandrovich.
When Anatoly Sobchak was elected mayor of Leningrad in 1991, Putin followed him and became vice-mayor, Dmitry Medvedev returned to teaching and also became a freelance expert for the Committee on Foreign Relations of the administration of St. Petersburg under Putin. As part of this position, he was sent to Sweden, where he completed an internship in local government.
In 1993, Dmitry became one of the co-founders of Finzell CJSC, where he owned half of the shares, as well as the legal director of the Ilim Pulp Enterprise pulp and paper corporation, and later was appointed Ilim's representative on the Board of Directors of the Bratsk timber industry complex.
In 1996, Dmitry Medvedev stopped working with Smolny in connection with the loss of Sobchak to Vladimir Yakovlev in the gubernatorial elections. And in 1999 he was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation. As suggested by the editors of the site, in connection with the appointment, he left teaching and moved to the capital.
After the departure of Boris Yeltsin, Dmitry Anatolyevich became deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. In 2000, after Vladimir Putin won the presidential election, he took the post of First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.
At the same time, he took over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom (in 2001 he was listed as Deputy Chairman) and held this responsible position until 2008.
From autumn 2003 to autumn 2005, Dmitry Medvedev headed the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. In the same 2003, he was appointed a member of the Russian Security Council.
From October 2005 to July 2008, Dmitry Medvedev was First Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Implementation of National Projects and Demographic Policy. At the end of 2005, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (reappointed to the post in September 2007).
From mid-2006, for two years, Medvedev was chairman of the presidium of the Council for the implementation of national projects.
The election campaign of Dmitry Medvedev
In November 2005, Medvedev's election campaign started de facto on central television channels; at the same time, Dmitry Anatolyevich's pre-election website was registered. A few months later, the politician began to be mentioned in the press as a favorite of Vladimir Putin. 
In September 2006, Medvedev headed the International Board of Trustees of the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management. And six months later, in early 2007, Medvedev began to be called the main potential candidate for the Russian presidency. According to analysts, even then 33% of voters in the first round and 54% in the second were ready to vote for him.
The active phase of the election campaign began in October 2007. A couple of months later, Putin supported Medvedev's candidacy, after which, at the congress of United Russia, Dmitry Anatolyevich was officially nominated for the presidency.
During the submission of documents to the Central Election Commission, Dmitry Medvedev announced that he would leave the post of the Gazprom Board of Directors if he became president.
Presidency of Dmitry Medvedev
On March 2, 2008, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev was elected the third president of the Russian Federation, ahead of his main rivals - Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Gennady Zyuganov (KPRF) and Andrei Bogdanov (DPR) - with an overwhelming majority of 70.28% of the votes. 
Two months after the official summing up of the election campaign (May 7), Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated. In his inaugural speech, he stated the need to focus on civil and economic freedoms. The first decree signed by Medvedev in his new position was the Federal Law, which was supposed to provide free housing for veterans of the Great Patriotic War.
The beginning of Medvedev's presidency coincided with the beginning of the global financial crisis and with the armed conflict with Georgia on the territory of South Ossetia, which became the most significant event in Medvedev's foreign policy.
Dmitry Medvedev on the conflict in South Ossetia (2013)
As Dmitry Anatolyevich himself admitted, the so-called "five-day" war came as a surprise to him. Some tension in relations between Russia and Georgia was felt in early 2008, but, according to the president, he "had no idea what ideas live in Saakashvili's inflamed brain."
The escalation of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict took place at the end of July - the beginning of August; third month of Medvedev's presidency. On the night of August 7-8, the Minister of Defense called the President and told about the beginning of hostilities by the Georgian troops. When Anatoly Serdyukov reported the death of Russian peacekeepers, Medvedev ordered to open fire to kill. It was his personal decision, made without the participation of ministers. On the morning of the 8th, Russian aviation began shelling military facilities located on the territory of Georgia.
On August 12, 2008, Dmitry Anatolyevich and French President Nicolas Sarkozy adopted a plan to resolve the contradictions, signed a few days later by the presidents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Despite decisive action by the president at a critical moment, many analysts tend to believe that Medvedev's foreign policy has been punctuated by both comparative successes and obvious setbacks. So, despite the initially well-established relations between Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who replaced Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine never joined the Customs Union, and the situation with the “gas” relations of the countries worsened.
Great excitement among the patriotic public was caused by Medvedev's position on the Libyan issue. At his request, Russia abstained from voting on a resolution in the UN Security Council when its members were deciding on a possible military operation in Libya to protect the civilian population from Gaddafi's troops.
Events in Libya quarreled between Putin and Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev's efforts in the social sphere have borne fruit: during his presidency, population growth has stabilized, reaching a peak value in several decades, the percentage of large families has increased; the real incomes of the population increased by almost 20%, the average size of pensions doubled; more than a million families have improved their living conditions thanks to the maternity capital program. Much has been done in the field of small business - Medvedev contributed to the simplification of the procedure for starting one's own business, and also removed some restrictions for entrepreneurs.
The foundation was laid for the creation of a powerful research center, which was supposed to become an analogue of the American Silicon Valley. In September 2010, Medvedev signed FZ-244 "On the Skolkovo Innovation Center". The working group of the Skolkovo project was led by Vladislav Surkov.
Dmitry Medvedev about Skolkovo
At the initiative of the president, in 2009-2011, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia was reformed, and law enforcement agencies were renamed the "police". Also, according to the Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliyev, the level of social protection and the efficiency of the work of employees of internal bodies was increased.
With the support of Anatoly Serdyukov, the reform of the Armed Forces was also initiated, which consisted in optimizing the number of officers, optimizing the management system (transition from a 4-tier hierarchy to a 3-tier one) and reforming military education.
Also, during Medvedev's cadence, the presidential term was increased from 4 to 6 years, and that of the Duma from 4 to 5. In September 2010, Medvedev removed Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who had exhausted the government's credit of trust. Subsequently, Sergei Sobyanin was appointed to take his place.
In September 2011, it was announced that Vladimir Putin would nominate his candidacy in the presidential elections in 2012, and in case of victory, Dmitry Medvedev would head the government.
The results of the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev
In general, Dmitry Medvedev's presidency has received mixed reviews. Thus, the well-known publicist Dmitry Bykov reproached him with “hypertrophied attention to the third-rate”, many public figures criticized Medvedev for the lack of real power, while Alexei Kudrin, who was the Minister of Finance until September 2011, stated that he “was a witness to the development and adoption of many key decisions” personally Medvedev.
Dmitry Medvedev was especially warmly treated by Russian Internet users. Thanks to his interest in technology and openness of character, the president has repeatedly become the subject of videos that are rapidly spreading across the Web. For example, a video in which Dmitry Medvedev dances to the song "American Boy" along with showman Garik Martirosyan has collected several million views.
Dmitry Medvedev dancing
Further activities of Dmitry Medvedev
After Vladimir Putin was elected President in the 2012 elections, Dmitry Medvedev headed the Government and became the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Under his command are prominent political figures of Russia: First Deputy Igor Shuvalov, Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and others. 
In May 2012, Dmitry Medvedev was appointed chairman of United Russia.
In 2016, Dmitry Medvedev headed the Government of the Russian Federation and the United Russia party, being one of the country's key political figures. He was elected to the main Program Commission, which was involved in the development of the political course of the party. He oversaw economic issues, in particular, pricing and import substitution, solved problems in the field of healthcare and education. Several times he visited Crimea on a business trip, which was the reason for the protest note of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
Dmitry Medvedev: “There is no money, but you hold on”
In early 2017, the prime minister was at the center of a major corruption scandal. Opposition politician Alexei Navalny and members of his Anti-Corruption Foundation posted on YouTube a 50-minute video investigation titled "He's not Dimon to you" (a reference to a quote from the Prime Minister's press secretary Natalya Timakova), alleging that Medvedev was heading a multi-level corruption scheme based on on charitable foundations. The key place in the investigation was occupied by the "Dar" fund, headed by a classmate of the prime minister, Ilya Eliseev. The film also showcased Medvedev's alleged mansions in Phesako, his vineyard and castle in Tuscany, and two yachts, the Fotinia.
On March 26, thousands of Russians took to the streets demanding answers from the government to the allegations in the FBK film. The answer from Dmitry Anatolyevich was made on April 19. “I will not specifically comment on the absolutely false products of political crooks,” he said during a speech in the State Duma. On June 12, another wave of anti-corruption rallies awaited Russia.
Hobbies and personal life of Dmitry Medvedev
The wife of Dmitry Medvedev is Svetlana Linnik, his school friend from the parallel. According to Dmitry Anatolyevich, mutual sympathy between them arose back in their school years, but only in the senior class did he pluck up the courage and confess to the girl in his feelings. 
After graduation, their paths diverged: Svetlana became a student at LEFI, while Dmitry chose Leningrad State University; during the student period, they practically did not communicate, but a chance meeting reminded them of past feelings. In 1989, the lovers got married.
In August 1995, Dmitry and Svetlana became parents - the boy who was born was named Ilya. Medvedev Jr. grew up capable of exact sciences, was fond of football, saber fencing and computer technology. In 2007, he starred in several episodes of Yeralash by Boris Grachevsky. In 2012, Ilya entered MGIMO with 359 points out of 400 possible.
"Yeralash" with the son of Dmitry Medvedev
The Medvedev family loves animals. The spouses have a cat and a cat of the Neva Masquerade breed - Dorofei and Milka, who more than once became the heroes of news articles. Also, Dmitry Medvedev is the owner of four dogs: English setters Daniel and Jolie, a Central Asian Shepherd Dog whose name is unknown to the press, and a golden retriever Alba.
It's no secret that Dmitry Medvedev closely follows new technologies and is an active user of social networks. Medvedev's first computer appeared in the early 80s; it was a Soviet M-6000 computer. He is registered on Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, Twitter and Instagram, and was one of the first politicians to start addressing the population through a video blog.
He is known as an ardent supporter of Apple technology: in 2010, during the president's visit to Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs gave him a newly released iPhone 4, which was not yet sold in Russia, later the politician could be seen with Apple's "smart watch" on his hand . At this time, Medvedev is actively advocating the replacement of foreign software with domestic counterparts.
The other day, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedv "was not saved" and he fell ill with the flu.
Putin's statement was made on the eve of Medvedev's meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. On March 14, the Russian prime minister was supposed to meet the Armenian delegation, but it was met by Putin.
According to Russian media, delegates from Armenia were told that Medvedev would be in the Kremlin for a reception in honor of former First Lady Naina Yeltsina. But the head of the Russian government was not found in the photographs, and conspiracy theories began.
Kremlin press service
This whole story unfolded after the publication of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny about Medvedev's expensive real estate. Because of this, the media began to talk about the possible resignation of the Russian prime minister.
Korrespondent.net decided to sort out the misfortunes that befell Medvedev in Russia.
What Medvedev was not saved from
At a meeting with the Russian government, Putin expressed concern about the level of influenza in Russia.
"The epidemic situation in our country seems to be on the wane, however, the situation is still serious. Dmitry Anatolyevich was not saved," Putin said.
In this regard, he asked the head of the Ministry of Health, Veronika Skvortsova, to report on the situation.
As mentioned above, Medvedev was never found at the Kremlin reception. The next day, according to official data, the President of Armenia visited the Government Reception House to meet with Medvedev.
It reminded them of the situation when they were in public for 11 days, but photos from his meetings with the governors were published on the Kremlin's website.
Medvedev also did not attend Putin's meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council. As the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov explained, the prime minister was not there because of the work schedule.
When asked by journalists whether this was related to the health of the head of government, Peskov replied that he did not have such information and redirected the media to the government press service.
Russians wish you good mood
The dissatisfaction of Russian citizens with Medvedev began to grow noticeably after the prime minister advised pensioners to "be in a good mood" in response to complaints about low pensions.
This scandalous expression was followed by several more, and earlier began to cause irritation. The Russians reacted to the news of their prime minister's illness in a certain way.
In addition to shoes, Medvedev was found to have "an infinite number of things that he cannot afford," for example, audio equipment worth $200,000.
Medvedev's next insulting statement was a speech at the Territory of Meanings forum, after which a petition appeared on the Internet asking him to dismiss the Russian prime minister. Within a day, a petition addressed to Putin gained 150,000 votes.
At the forum, when asked by a teacher why law enforcement agencies get more teachers, Medvedev advised to go into business or earn extra money, and not wait for state help.
"The most important thing is a personal choice. I am often asked about this. Both for teachers and teachers, this is a vocation. And if you want to earn money, there are a lot of great places where you can do it faster and better. The same business. But you didn’t go into business, as I understand it,” Medvedev answered him.
The attacks on the Russian prime minister did not end there. Social media users increasingly began to note Medvedev's love for American products, in particular gadgets and clothing.
Soon Navalny announced the discovery of Medvedev's "secret dacha". The opposition leader says that he found the estate on the banks of the Volga near the town of Ples, Ivanovo region, thanks to a geotag from Dmitry Medvedev's Instagram.
The area of the estate is 80 hectares, which is almost three times the area of the Kremlin. The entire territory is fenced with a six-meter green fence. The main building of the estate is the restored historical Milovka manor built in 1775.
The most scandalous investigation of Navalny, which is associated with the disappearance of Medvedev, was the publication of "He is not Dimon to you" on March 2. The oppositionist found billions of rubles worth of yachts, palaces and vineyards abroad from the Russian prime minister.
The Kremlin responded that they were "not familiar with the details" of the investigation: "We saw media reports. These are not the first examples of the work of this well-known convicted citizen."
Medvedev did not react in any way to his "secret empire." Other senior officials responded in the spirit of the Kremlin.
On March 17, State Duma deputies announced that they did not intend to ask Medvedev questions about his real estate.
