Dancing Medvedev a hit on YouTube
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April 21, 2011, Thursday
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STEPPING to the beat of 1990s pop hit "American Boy," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's stiff dance moves became an immediate viral hit on YouTube yesterday.
Sporting a form-fitting silver jacket and open collar, Medvedev somewhat awkwardly wiggles his hips and kicks up his heels with other party guests in the half-minute clip posted late on Tuesday.
The clip attracted mixed reactions from Russians, with nearly 300 comments only hours after it was posted.
"It looks like Medvedev's swallowed a stick," one viewer commented.
An avid twitter user, Medvedev is seen as more liberal and Western-leaning than his mentor and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer who steered him into the country's top job in 2008.
Putin, who faced limits to a third term as president after his 2000-2008 rule, has not ruled out a bid to return to the Kremlin in the March 2012 polls.
Sporting a form-fitting silver jacket and open collar, Medvedev somewhat awkwardly wiggles his hips and kicks up his heels with other party guests in the half-minute clip posted late on Tuesday.
The clip attracted mixed reactions from Russians, with nearly 300 comments only hours after it was posted.
"It looks like Medvedev's swallowed a stick," one viewer commented.
An avid twitter user, Medvedev is seen as more liberal and Western-leaning than his mentor and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer who steered him into the country's top job in 2008.
Putin, who faced limits to a third term as president after his 2000-2008 rule, has not ruled out a bid to return to the Kremlin in the March 2012 polls.
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