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Foreign Ministry on Twitter

The Foreign Ministry opened its first two Twitter accounts Wednesday, MID_RF in Russian and MFA_Russia in English, the ministry said in a statement.

The microblogs will update readers about Russian foreign policy news and inform them about upcoming events involving senior ministry officials, it said.

(MT)

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