The former Russian President made a joke in the spirit of the former Russian President
The Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting with Deputy Prime Ministers, reported on the website of the Cabinet.
According to TASS, before the meeting, there was a small hitch: Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin went first to the portion of the table located to the right of the chair and the Prime Minister, however, it appeared that there it is not provided. In the end, Rogozin had to sit on the other side, between Arkady Dvorkovich and Alexander Khloponin.
Medvedev looking on, joked: “have you Forgotten who is hosting? The rotation took place.”
Joke of the Prime Minister reminded the users of the network phrase the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, “Not boarded”. It was delivered by Yeltsin on 5 may 1999 at a meeting of the organizing Committee for the meeting of the third Millennium.
The head of state drew attention to the improper Seating of subordinates and transplanted the then first Deputy Prime Minister and interior Minister Sergei Stepashin to Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov. A week later, Primakov was dismissed, Stepashin became his successor as Prime Minister.
“Kommersant” wrote that Primakov after a meeting with Yeltsin worsened sciatica, and the next day he “holed up at his suburban dacha”.
Dmitry Medvedev has held the highest office from may 2008 to may 2012. After his presidential term, he headed the government. His term as Prime Minister expires in may of this year.