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2012-04-05 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Medvedev mocked over 'I will transmit to Vladimir'
Kremlin critics and Russian bloggers mercilessly mocked President Dmitry Medvedev after microphones broadcast him promising to "transmit" a message from President Obama to Vladimir Putin.

"I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir," Medvedev was heard saying in English to Obama in a "hot-mike" exchange that has already caused a stir in the United States.

Medvedev was responding to a pledge by Obama that the United States will be more flexible on some bilateral issues such as missile defense once, as he expects, he is re-elected.

Russian bloggers immediately circulated Medvedev's phrase on Twitter, mocking Medvedev for his apparent admission that all information needs to go through the all-powerful Russian number one Putin.

Opposition movement leader Alexei Navalny tweeted, "Today, let's all respond to every tweet: 'I will transmit this to Vladimir'."

"Vladimiru", Russian for "to Vladimir", became a worldwide Twitter trend in a matter of a couple of hours Tuesday morning as bloggers used it as a universal response to any sort of statement.

"I am Dima, I don't want to make any decisions. I will transmit to Vladimir," tweeted @sult, using the familiar form of Dmitry.

Bloggers spread an image of Putin answering his cell phone in the country side, with the caption, "Hello, I am Vladimir. Did anyone transmit anything to me?"

Medvedev has never able to shake off his reputation as a president who is not in control. Last September similar footage made its way onto the Internet of Medvedev pushing finance minister Alexei Kudrin to quit at a government meeting, to which Kudrin replied "I will consult with the prime minister."
Posted by ryuge 2012-04-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 I knew he would catch hell over that.
Posted by newc 2012-04-05 00:08||   2012-04-05 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Radio Free Dmitry, transmitting 24 hours a day.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-04-05 00:17||   2012-04-05 00:17|| Front Page Top

#3 What's the frequency, Dmitry?
Posted by tu3031 2012-04-05 00:32||   2012-04-05 00:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, this is funny and mockable. But I care less about Dima being Vlad's messenger boy and more about my Prez thinking he will have more flexibility to sell our country out after he is re-elected.
Posted by SteveS 2012-04-05 00:50||   2012-04-05 00:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I fear this fellow, he is desperate. No, not Medvedev, the African American white guy.
Posted by Besoeker 2012-04-05 03:21||   2012-04-05 03:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Can you say "I will convey this info to Vladimir" in Russian, thing?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-04-05 05:52||   2012-04-05 05:52|| Front Page Top

#7 No, but if I could, I would probably try to turn it into a Radio Yerevan joke in the proper form.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-04-05 08:47||   2012-04-05 08:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Can you say "I will convey this info to Vladimir" in Russian, thing?

Я передам эту информацию Владимира

That is what google translate comes up with at least. Usually fairly accurate.
Posted by DarthVader 2012-04-05 11:37||   2012-04-05 11:37|| Front Page Top

#9 "Vladimiru", Russian for "to Vladimir"

Dative case.
Posted by SteveS 2012-04-05 11:58||   2012-04-05 11:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Sniff. Comrades.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-04-05 14:56||   2012-04-05 14:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Putin and Medvedev go to a restaurant. Putin orders steak. The waiter says, "Very good, sir, and for the vegetable?". "The vegetable will also have the steak."
Posted by KBK 2012-04-05 16:46||   2012-04-05 16:46|| Front Page Top

#12 That could be an Obama/Biden joke without too much effort.

Or a Biden/Obama joke.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-04-05 19:04||   2012-04-05 19:04|| Front Page Top

#13 D *** NG IT, any relation to 1980's-post-911 "SEND THE MESSAGE TO GORBACHEV - TORA, TORA, TORA"???

[ANNA LONGINOVA + PENN STATE here].
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-04-05 22:58||   2012-04-05 22:58|| Front Page Top

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