President's cat claws its way into top Twitter trends

Internet bloggers joked the cat had made an early exit in advance of his owner's departure from the Kremlin in May. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev's cat Dorofey jumped into Twitter's top trends overnight when a weekly newspaper reported he had vanished and claimed police were urgently hunting for the little gray furball.

The furor reached such fever pitch -- at least two Twitter accounts were quickly created in the cat's name -- that Mr Medvedev was forced to take to Twitter himself to discount the rumoured cat caper.

"About the cat. A source close to Dorofey says he has not got lost anywhere. Thank you all for your concern!" Mr Medvedev tweeted, according to RIA Novosti, the state news agency.

One of Dorofey's fake Twitter accounts, @KotDorofey, tweeted "I am tired of politics! I want family and kids!" AFP said, adding that other bloggers joked the cat had made an early exit in advance of his owner's departure from the Kremlin in May.

The weekly newspaper Sobesednik reported earlier Wednesday that Dorofey, believed to be a Siberian breed, had made a run for it from Mr Medvedev's residence near Moscow and police had left their posts to search for him.

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