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Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is a Russian politician and lawyer who served as the president of Russia from 2008 to 2012 and as prime minister of Russia from 2012 to 2020. As of 2020, he has served as the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia.
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business · President of Russia from 2008 to 2012 · jurist · politician · businessperson · also Dmitry Medvedev, Dima Medvedev, Dmitry A. Medvedev, Dmitrij Medvedev, Dmitrij Anatoljevič Medvedev, Dmitrij Anatolevič Medvedev
Born 14 September 1965 · Q23530
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2026· 22 entries
EADaily: Real moron: Medvedev appreciated Stubb's speech about Russia's defeat through Wildberries
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Informat.ro: Dmitri Medvedev states that "Armenia will never join the EU", after the Armenian Prime Minister conveyed that he also wishes to accelerate the process of European integration.
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fakti.bg: Medvedev: The West should have understood that it is not worth going to war with Russia ᐉ News from Fakti.bg - World
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teleSUR English: Armenia Will Never Join the European Union: Medvedev
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Dayton Daily News: Russia Medvedev
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“Now that, quite frankly, is a flat-out lie.”
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“taken into account the expression of free will by the Ossetian and Abkhaz peoples”
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“now fully taken up the path of war with Russia.”
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“Ukraine is NOT a country, but artificially collected territories”
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“very long time, most likely decades”
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“We need to give all active citizens the legal chance to participate in political life.”
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“practical work in the government”
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“decades of stable development”
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South China Morning Post: Dmitry Medvedev
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New Age BD: Russia can attack ships carrying enemy cargo: Medvedev
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Українська правда: Japan protests Putin's Kuril Islands visit, former president Medvedev calls them "Russian land" and threatens
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VOI.ID: Medvedev Says Russia Has the Right to Attack Ships Carrying Cargo for Enemies
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Daily Express: Dmitry Medvedev
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AKM.RU: Dmitry Medvedev has been appointed Director of Marketing at Lenta
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Caliber.Az: Medvedev warns Armenia of harsh fallout from economic split with Russia
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Mshale: Russia Sounds War Bugle To Europe Amid Romania Drone Crash Tension| Medvedev Warns ‘EU Won’t Sleep…’ Xiaomi Su7 (oLr0O6Mpxu)
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2025· 9 entries
KESQ News: Dmitry Medvedev Fast Facts
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Yahoo: Factbox-Who is Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian war hawk who got under Trump's skin?
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned President Donald Trump that he should not think that "the Mossad alone has a video archive of his past depravities"” Fake Quote.
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CNBC: Trump says he moved two nuclear submarines after Russia's Medvedev warns U.S.
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Yahoo: 'Despised' by the Kremlin — 5 things you might not know about Dmitry Medvedev
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The Hill: Trump tells Russia’s Medvedev to ‘watch his words’
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New York Post: Trump reminds ‘failed’ former Russian President Medvedev to watch his words over war threat
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Snopes rated the claim “Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in June 2025 that "a number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads."” Correct Attribution.
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Claimed: ““In the heat of candor, the leader of the Bandera regime admitted that he and his comrades had embezzled $100 billion.”” — rated False by VOA.
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2024· 2 entries
“The existence of Ukraine is mortally dangerous for Ukrainians. And I don”
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“s recent visit to Kyiv, in order to sign a security agreement with Zelensky, that”
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2023· 1 entry
Claimed: ““History also demonstrates something else: any collapsed empire buries half the world, or even more, under its rubble.”” — rated False by VOA.
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2022· 3 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Russian Ex-President Medvedev Offered To Supply Poland With 'The Best Air Defence Systems' In November 2022” Fake Tweet.
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“crazy to create tribunals or courts for the so-called investigation of Russia”
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“s arsenal, including strategic nuclear weapons, could be used to protect territories annexed to Russia from Ukraine. He also said that referendums organized by Russia-installed and separatist authorities would take place in large swathes of Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory, and that there was”
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2020).
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Career landmark: Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (2020).
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2019· 4 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “"Maybe now we understand what President Obama meant when he told Russian President Medvedev that he would have more flexibility after his election. Maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the Ukraine, allowing Russia to march right in and kill Ukrainians."” Timeline doesn't match.
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Claimed: ““Probably, the level of integration in the CIS format is not the same as in the Eurasian Union... But this is a common story. These are, as we say, variable-speed tracks of integration.”” — rated Partially True by VOA.
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Claimed: ““Despite the sanctions, the portfolio of military orders for Russian military equipment continues to be very significant. It is now estimated at $54.5 billion. There are more than 100 countries among Russia's partners.”” — rated Partially true by VOA.
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Claimed: ““The latest wave of anti-Russian sanctions is related not to our relations with the Americans but to the domestic problems in the United States.”” — rated False by VOA.
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2018· 1 entry
Claimed: ““If you take a key aggregate indicator like GDP growth, even despite the failure of development connected to the introduction of sanctions and the fall in oil and gas prices, when our economy fell by three percent, nonetheless, during these six years, the overall growth of the country’s GDP was 5…” — rated False by VOA.
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2017· 2 entries
Claimed: ““Russia carried out an operation to enforce peace. We could not do otherwise, according to both the law and our conscience.”” — rated False by VOA.
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Claimed: ““We have plans to raise the minimum wage to the level of the living wage with the next two years.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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2016· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A hot microphone picked up President Obama telling Russian President Dmitri Medvedev he would have more flexibility to negotiate on issues such as missile defense after the 2012 election.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A hot microphone picked up President Obama telling Russian President Dmitri Medvedev he would have more flexibility to negotiate on issues such as missile defense after the 2012 election.” True.
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Claimed: “"We currently have the lowest inflation in the entire period of the existence of a market economy in Russia -- that is, in 25 years."” — rated False by VOA.
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Order "Danaker" presented by Almazbek Atambaev (2015).
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class presented by Vladimir Putin (2015).
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2012· 3 entries
Career landmark: Leader of United Russia party (2012).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Russia (2012–2020).
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After he was forced to stand down in 2008 by term limits
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Glory presented by Serzh Sargsyan (2011).
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Awarded Order of the Star of Palestine (2011).
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During the performance at the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum, President Medvedev has declared that the doctrine of Karl Marx on class struggle is extremist and dangerous
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded Order of St. Sava presented by Amfilohije Radović in Building of the Patriarchate, Belgrade (2009).
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Medvedev proposed an amendment to the election law which would decrease the State Duma election threshold from 7% to 5%
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Which "could be interpreted as a mildly positive response to the newly adopted package of anti-corruption legislation initiated and promoted by president Medvedev and passed by the Duma in December 2008", according to Tr
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But substantial growth did not resume until 2010
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2008· 7 entries
Election won: 2008 presidential election.
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Won Medal "10 years of Astana" (2008).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2008).
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Awarded Order of the Liberator (2008).
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Career landmark: President of Russia (2008–2012).
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In February 2008, Medvedev and Sergei Ivanov attended a Deep Purple concert in Moscow together.
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Campaign: 2008 presidential election.
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2007· 2 entries
Medvedev's reported 2007 annual income was $80,000, and he reported approximately the same amount as bank savings.
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Concerning the role of the Russian state in social policy and economic development
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2005· 4 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2005).
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Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" (2005).
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“In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan”
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Career landmark: First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (2005–2008).
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2004· 1 entry
Of direct popular elections of regional leaders, effectively in favour of their appointment by the Kremlin, and added that he did not see a possibility of a return to direct elections even in 100 years
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: Kremlin Chief of Staff (2003–2005).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2001).
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1995· 1 entry
Medvedev is married and has a son, Ilya Dmitrevich Medvedev (born 1995).
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1990· 2 entries
Anatoly Sobchak returned from Moscow to become chairman of the Leningrad City Council
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Medvedev defended his dissertation titled, "Problems of Realisation of Civil Juridical Personality of State Enterprise" and received his Doctor of Juridical Science (Candidate of Juridical Sciences) degree in civil law
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1988· 1 entry
Medvedev joined Sobchak's team of democrats and served as the de facto head of Sobchak's successful campaign for a seat in the new Soviet parliament, the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
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1987· 2 entries
(together with Ilya Yeliseyev, Anton Ivanov, Nikolay Vinnichenko, Konstantin Chuychenko and Aleksandr Gutsan, who later became associates)
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Studied at Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University (1982–1987).
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1982· 2 entries
A "tough period when I had to mobilize my abilities to the utmost for the first time in my life
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They married several years after their graduation from secondary school in 1982.
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1965· 3 entries
Born 1965-09-14.
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“s Kaliningrad Oblast. In March 2011, Medvedev urged US president Barack Obama to prevent civilian casualties during NATO”
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“, Commonspace.eu, 23 August 2011 Freedom is a unique concept that everyone interprets differently.”
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