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Russia: President Medvedev Argues with a Fake Lawmaker's Twitter

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Governance, Politics, Technology, RuNet Echo

President Medvedev had a Twitter clash [1] with a fake Twitter account of Alexander Khinshtein, Russian lawmaker. The clash was about Medvedev's relations with the Belorussian president Alexander Lukashenko. Surprisingly, real Khinshtein apologized for the fake accounts’ critique.  According to RT [2],  “fake top official's accounts flood RuNet.”