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Russian purr-esident moving in

Russian purr-esident moving in

MOSCOW – Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev’s Siberian tomcat Dorotheus will be prowling around the Kremlin once his master is officially inaugurated in May.

Dorotheus, a Siberian colourpoint breed cat, was acquired as a kitten by Svetlana, the wife of president-elect Dmitry Medvedev, the popular Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reported on Saturday, quoting the cat-breeder who raised him. Now four years old, Dorotheus has already cut his teeth in the political arena.He once into a fight with a cat belonging to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a neighbour of the Medvedevs, the newspaper said.Dorotheus did not come out of it well: he had to be treated with antibiotics for a whole month and was even castrated to try and stop him getting into more trouble.Dorotheus may still have to step warily in the Kremlin’s walls if President Vladimir Putin takes on the major political role under Medvedev that analysts are predicting, he could be paying frequent visits – with his dog Connie.Nampa-AFPNow four years old, Dorotheus has already cut his teeth in the political arena.He once into a fight with a cat belonging to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a neighbour of the Medvedevs, the newspaper said.Dorotheus did not come out of it well: he had to be treated with antibiotics for a whole month and was even castrated to try and stop him getting into more trouble.Dorotheus may still have to step warily in the Kremlin’s walls if President Vladimir Putin takes on the major political role under Medvedev that analysts are predicting, he could be paying frequent visits – with his dog Connie.Nampa-AFP

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