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Russian President Medvedev pictured with MacBook Pro

by Robert Palmer Nov 3rd 2008 at 1:00PM

The Kremlin has released photos of Russian President Dimitry Medvedev holding a meeting with his aides and what appears to be a new MacBook Pro.

The president also recently addressed the nation in a video blog post, where his MacBook Pro was seen in a similar meeting. The logo had been removed from the video early on, but is visible around the 1:20 mark. Other videos on the Kremlin's website show Medvedev with a variety of computers.

Medvedev has previously been photographed using an iPhone, though some speculated it was a black-market acquisition. At the time the photo was taken, the iPhone was not yet available for sale in Russia.

This follows in the footsteps of other high-profile world leaders using Apple products, including former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt's switch to a Mac last month.

Thanks, Andrei!



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Shig

Are we sure it's actually an Apple product? It could be a recent Agat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agat_computer

November 04 2008 at 9:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ZLE

And what? :) Czech Deputy Prime Minister / Minister for the Environment has a MBP too ... and many other members of the Czech government, although there is no Apple office in the Czech Rep, only a couple of premium resellers :(

http://media.novinky.cz/758/117584-gallery-urcsg.jpg

November 04 2008 at 4:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dean


Да, я люблю моего компьютера Apple очень много.

Она очень стабильна.

November 03 2008 at 7:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Trev

i think it's the new one, because all of the peripheral ports are on the left side. Also, I agree that it would be a bad advertising idea to use these pictures, but not because of his policies- the aluminum casing for the screen is bent- a lot...Aluminum is sooo strong-apparently Pro people don't need durability i their laptops?

November 03 2008 at 4:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sonicwind

Well, that's it, I'm never using a Mac again.

November 03 2008 at 3:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jake

Probably stolen, like all the 167,500 Motorolas that were seized a year ago for failing to pass licensing tests and then showed up in governmental officials' possession and on the black market.

November 03 2008 at 3:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
deltaiscain

I think Leon would rather stream it over the Internet, since he seems to love computers more than people.

November 03 2008 at 2:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Leon

I am so cool.

November 03 2008 at 2:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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deltaiscain

Haha, i just love that comment. I hope you had your high of the day, and that you enjoyed it. LOL

November 03 2008 at 2:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Leon

I am a cooly cool.

November 03 2008 at 2:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Leon

Actually, it should be "You're stupid.", it contracts as it is a condensed version of "You are stupid." What you just said was essentially "The stupid is belong to you." Which, obviously makes no sense at all. So to clarify: You like the man stick up your bum hole.

November 03 2008 at 2:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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