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2008-02-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russias Medvedev has 70 pct support: poll

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Posted by 2008-02-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 from the Wikipedia article on this guy

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Medvedev has often represented himself as a devoted fan of hard rock, listing Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin as his favourite bands. He is a collector of their original vinyl records and has previously said that he has collected all of the recordings of Deep Purple. As a youth, he made endless copies of their songs, although these bands were then on the official state-issued blacklist.

Medvedev stands 162 cm (5'4") in height.

Despite a busy schedule, he always reserves an hour each morning and again each evening to swim and pump iron. He swims 1,500 meters (approximately 0.93 miles), twice a day. He also jogs, plays chess, and practices yoga. Among his hobbies are reading the works of Mikhail Bulgakov, and following his hometown professional soccer team, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

He keeps an aquarium in his office and cares for his fish himself.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-02-22 08:17|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-02-22 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 mhw, he sounds like a very busy guy. How does he find time to run the country? Oh, that's right. He lets Putin do it.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-22 12:12|| 2008-02-22 12:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Almost certainly his physical fitness accomplishments are hyped.

On the other hand maybe he is also President of the AudioVisual club.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-02-22 15:10|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-02-22 15:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like the runner who published books on "Running for health" fell over dead of a massive heart attack on one of his runs.

Autopsy showed three completely blocked heart arteries., Running was the very worst thing he could do, not enough blood to the heart muscles, pain masked by running exertion.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-02-22 16:04|| 2008-02-22 16:04|| Front Page Top

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