California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived in Moscow on Sunday at the head of a high-tech business delegation and immediately exchanged tweets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
"Just landed in Moscow. Beautiful day. Can't wait to see Pres Medvedev @KremlinRussia_e," Schwarzenegger wrote on his Twitter micro-blog, including a link to a photo of himself with a cigar in the back of a car.
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger: Just landed in Moscow. Beautiful day. Can't wait to see Pres Medvedev @KremlinRussia_e |
"@Schwarzenegger, welcome to Moscow. Looking forward to meeting you and your delegation at @skolkovo," the Russian president responded on his Twitter site.
Arnold Schwarzenegger also rode Moscow subway. He took photos of passengers and wrote "People in Moscow apparently love their public transit".
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger: Riding the subway in Moscow with the Austria and the United States Ambassadors to Russia |
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger: People in Moscow apparently love their public transit |
Schwarzenegger is leading a delegation of top Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists to Russia to discuss investment opportunities in Russia's high-tech sector. The trip includes a stop at Skolkovo, the site of the high-tech research hub Russia is creating near Moscow.
The center has been dubbed Russia's Silicon Valley and Medvedev is keen to bring in U.S. know-how to spark the project.
He has made modernization the center of his economic policy agenda and visited Silicon Valley during his visit to the United States in June.
The president also met the California governor during the trip.
As well as exchanging tweets, the president and the governor started following each other on Twitter.
via RIA Novosti