Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Mocked on Facebook After Post Goes Viral

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is famous for loving (and occasionally gaffing on) Twitter and carrying an iPad, but his latest brush with technology and social networks isn't going to win him new supporters.

On Sunday, after another series of protests in Moscow following the parliamentary elections on December 4, Medvedev took to his Facebook page to make an announcement he thought would be welcomed with cheers.

His intention was to tell people that he would personally see than an investigation would look into any and all claims of election fraud.

However, he did more than that, by including a reference to recent protests in Moscow, the largest anti-government rally in the post-Soviet era.

“I agree neither with the slogans, nor the statements voiced at the protests,” Medvedev wrote on his Facebook page.

“Nevertheless, I have ordered checks into all the reports from polling stations, regarding the compliance with the election laws,” he added.

His post immediately went viral, with over 12,000 responding to it, mostly to accuse him of being a liar, a shameless hypocrite and a pathetic human being.

As the Washington Post notes, the reaction to Medvedev's post is the clearest indication of just how fed up and disillusioned the people at home are with their President.

“The commenters’ posts Sunday revealed astonishing candor and courage. It’s one thing to stand in a Moscow crowd of up to 40,000, according to estimates, and call for new elections,” the publication writes.

Doing the same on a social network is an entirely different matter, because everything you say there can be easily traced back to you – and you can be held accountable whether you were right or not.

“It’s another matter to advertise your anger and disgust on the president’s Facebook page, where it doesn’t take a KGB agent to make a quick identification,” the Washington Post further writes.

Most commenters simply don't believe that Medvedev's “investigation” will lead to anything, as it's happened before.

At the time of writing, more and more voices are joining in the debate on his Facebook comments.