俄羅斯總統梅德韋杰夫上月訪美時在Twitter總部申請的賬號KremlinRussia出了個山寨版——KermlinRussia，這個賬號在梅德韋杰夫首篇微博發布幾天后出現，并且很快就有了近1500個粉絲關注。到六月底，這個賬號已經發布了130條微博，其中大部分都是對梅德韋杰夫賬號發布的內容做出的回應。該山寨賬號的部分微博戲虐指出，俄羅斯的現代化進程最終會因為俄羅斯的官僚體制和腐敗問題無果而終；還有一些內容直指梅德韋杰夫本人，指責他的總統車隊經過市區時都要實行交通限行。對此，梅德韋杰夫的發言人表示不會考慮刪除這個山寨賬號，因為官方的那個賬號是可以通過驗證碼來識別的。

President Dmitry Medvedev's Twitter page

President Dmitry Medvedev's embrace of Twitter has spawned a new twist in Russia's rich tradition of political humor: a mock account lampooning the tech-savvy leader and his uphill battle to modernize the nation.

Just days after Medvedev sent his first microblog from Twitter's offices in California last month, an account called KermlinRussia appeared -- and swiftly drew almost 1,500 followers.

By Monday it featured 130 tweets, most of them reacting to entries from Medvedev's KremlinRussia page.

Although mock accounts like these are common in the West, Russian media outlets are subject to state pressure and street protests are often broken up by police. That leaves the Internet as one of the few viable outlets for free expression and government criticism.

Medvedev's June visit to San Francisco and Silicon Valley was part of a campaign to promote innovation in Russia's economy and reduce its reliance on energy exports.

Several of the mock account's entries predicted, playfully but pointedly, that the Kremlin's modernization efforts are doomed by Russian bureaucracy and corruption.

"One needs to understand that money given to modernization and innovation will be spent on corruption and swindling," one tweet said.

Another suggested a high-tech hub Russia plans to build near Moscow to nurture innovation would be a haven for the more traditional businesses of gambling and prostitution.

A few tweets took aim at Medvedev himself, including one critical reference to the daily ritual of stopping traffic to let the president's convoy hurtle through the city.

The Kremlin shrugged off the affront.

A Kremlin representative, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Medvedev's administration does not plan to take action to eliminate the account.

"I think sober people are able to distinguish between the real account and an (imposter)," the representative said.

"The official account is easy to distinguish by the 'verified account' check mark," the representative said.

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