Svetlana Medvedeva

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Svetlana Medvedeva at 34th G8 summit

Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Медведева, née Linnik, Линник) (born March 15, 1965), is the wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Medvedeva became first lady when her husband, Dmitry Medvedev, took over as president on 7 May 2008 following his election victory. She has already caused something of a media frenzy even though she shies away from photographers and does not give interviews.^[1] She started dating the president when they were both around 14 at school 305 in their home town of St Petersburg. They married in 1989.

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