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."
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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.