Russia’s two non-declared candidates for president are keeping up their pre-campaign non-campaigning. Moskovsky Komsomolets reported that young fans of both Medvedev and Putin, putative rivals for the top job, turned out in central Moscow to effect a symbolic demarche: tandem bike rides. “Members of the social network sites 'Medvedev is Our President' and 'I Really Like Putin' decided not to divide up territory but to carry out a joint action: ride bikes-built-for-two from the Kremlin to the White House” – the seat of government.
Participants couldn’t, or wouldn’t, assign a political message to their jaunt. But Moskovsky Komsomolets provided the vital background info: When shown a two-seated bike during a recent visit to a youth camp at Lake Seliger near Moscow, Putin had remarked that he and Medvedev would give it a try.
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