Russia president has million Twitter fans MOSCOW, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev informed his Twitter pals Saturday that their numbers had swelled to 1 million. Medvedev shot off a tweet saying: "Today I have 1 million readers. Thank you for following me. Russia's RIA Novosti news agency said the official number of followers was 1,000,199. To commemorate the occasion, Medvedev posted a photo of himself visiting Twitter's main office in 2010. Medvedev has been active on social media. RIA Novosti said he has a Facebook page, Youtube channel and a blog on LiveJournal.