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Wed, 09/14/2011 - 08:03
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It is business as usual for Medvedev on his 46th birthday Wed.

MOSCOW, September 14 (Itar-Tass) - It is business as usual for Dmitry
Medvedev on his 46th birthday on Wednesday, a fourth time in his capacity
of President of Russia, although there are no large-scale arrangements on
his work schedule for the day.
Presidential press secretary Natalia Timakova has told Itar-Tass, "The
Head of State has not planned out any public arrangements for September
14". "The President will be at work in his office all day," Timakova said.
"In the evening, the President will mark his birthday together with his
family and friends", the press secretary added.
"This is a family occasion," Medevedev said in one of his interviews
given in 2008, shortly before his first birthday at the post of President.
"Work does not allow me now to devote much time to my family, and this
will be a good occasion for the family to get together," he said.
Medvedev told journalists that he likes, of course, to receive
presents but values attention more than gifts. The Head of State is
convinced that "the most important thing is consideration shown for me by
my dear ones. It is precisely the realization that the dearest one seeks
to make your birthday a special occasion -- this is what is happiness,
really."
According to tradition, the President is flooded with congratulatory
telegrammes on his birthday. Medvedev as, perhaps, the best known user of
the Russian blogosphere, receives a good deal of best wishes via Twitter.
This year, the most active Internet supporters of the Head of State joined
hands on the eve of his birthday, collecting money via the social network
for their gift to the President -- a made-to-order exclusive smartphone.
Dmitry Medvedev was born in Leningrad (former name of St Petersburg)
on September 14, 1965. He graduated from the law department of Leningrad
State University and took a post-graduate course there. In 1990-1998, he
worked as a faculty member at that university, and simultaneously held the
position of adviser to the Chairman of the Leningrad City Council and
worked as expert at the Council's committee for foreign relations.
At the age of 34, Medvedev became deputy chief of the government staff
of the Russian Federation and then deputy and first deputy head of the
Kremlin administration. In October 2003 38-year-old Medvedev was placed at
the head of the RF presidential administration.
Two years later, Medvedev became First Deputy Chairman of Government.
He was elected President of Russia in March 2008 at the age of 42 to
become the youngest Russian Head of State over the past 100 years. He is
one of five youngest leaders in the world. The presidents of all
post-Soviet CIS countries are older than their Russian counterpart by at
least eight years. In G-8 and G-20, only British Premier David Cameron is
one year younger than Medvedev.

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