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| Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg meets excited Russian prime minister | Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg meets excited Russian prime minister |
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| A trip to McDonald's, a photo shoot on Red Square, and a chummy meeting with one of his biggest fans – it's all in a day's work for Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, who met Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian prime minister, on Monday during a visit to Moscow. | A trip to McDonald's, a photo shoot on Red Square, and a chummy meeting with one of his biggest fans – it's all in a day's work for Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, who met Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian prime minister, on Monday during a visit to Moscow. |
| Shedding his usual hoodie for a suit and tie, Zuckerberg exchanged easy grins with the famously tech-loving premier on a visit to his official residence outside Moscow. Medvedev could barely contain his excitement at meeting the co-founder of the world's largest social network. "I have a Facebook page myself," he told his guest. | Shedding his usual hoodie for a suit and tie, Zuckerberg exchanged easy grins with the famously tech-loving premier on a visit to his official residence outside Moscow. Medvedev could barely contain his excitement at meeting the co-founder of the world's largest social network. "I have a Facebook page myself," he told his guest. |
| Zuckerberg was in Moscow to boost Facebook's presence in Russia, where it competes with local social networking sites. He was also due to attend a programming symposium in a bid to attract Russians to work for his firm. | Zuckerberg was in Moscow to boost Facebook's presence in Russia, where it competes with local social networking sites. He was also due to attend a programming symposium in a bid to attract Russians to work for his firm. |
| Not all Russians were happy with the visit. Oleg Kozyrev, a prominent opposition blogger, launched a Facebook group called "Zuckerberg, don't be friends with a dictator!", urging the American to meet "not with officials who jail Russian bloggers and create laws on internet censorship, but with bloggers, who suffer from these laws". | Not all Russians were happy with the visit. Oleg Kozyrev, a prominent opposition blogger, launched a Facebook group called "Zuckerberg, don't be friends with a dictator!", urging the American to meet "not with officials who jail Russian bloggers and create laws on internet censorship, but with bloggers, who suffer from these laws". |
| Zuckerberg did not meet Vladimir Putin, Russia's powerful president, who claims he does not use the internet. | Zuckerberg did not meet Vladimir Putin, Russia's powerful president, who claims he does not use the internet. |
| Social networking sites, including Facebook, have been key to organising the street protests that have swept Moscow since Putin announced he was returning to the Kremlin. | Social networking sites, including Facebook, have been key to organising the street protests that have swept Moscow since Putin announced he was returning to the Kremlin. |
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