Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has added RIA Novosti and the Rossiya 24 channel to the list of Twitter users he is following, along with U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
During his visit to the hub of the microblogging company in California's Silicon Valley on June 23, Medvedev registered KremlinRussia for Russian-language tweets and KremlinRussia_e for English speakers.
Within 12 hours of officially opening his Twitter account, Medvedev had more than 15,000 followers. The Russian-language version now has more than 45,000 followers, with another 32,000 following the president's English tweets.
KremlinRussia is the first Russian microblog to receive the "verified" status from Twitter Inc., which confirms that the account is owned by the Russian president.
Medvedev, who portrays himself as a young and technologically savvy leader, also has a blog on LiveJournal and an account on YouTube.
