--- description: No, the Prime Minister is not resigning to become a freelance photographer, his press office said. title: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter Was Hacked image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt523bd09dbabb3d8c/69869f7aadae44b69a544849/medvedev.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [russia](/tag/russia/) ## russia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter Was Hacked  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 1:36 PM CUT  Russia's prime minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with deputy PMs at the House of the Russian Government, Aug 11, 20014. Russia's prime minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with deputy PMs at the House of the Russian Government, Aug 11, 20014.Dmitry Astakhov—Itar-Tass/Corbis  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 1:36 PM CUT The press office for Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev denied that he was stepping down Thursday after his [Twitter account](https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussia "undefined") was apparently hacked, Bloomberg reports. “The Twitter account of the prime minister was hacked and the recent posts about his resignation and plans to become a freelance photographer are false,” an unnamed government press official told Bloomberg. On Thursday morning, a tweet from Medvedev’s account said: “I’m quitting. Ashamed of the government’s actions. Forgive me.” That post, which has since been taken down along with others posted on Thursday, reflected a similar post made by Deputy Economy Minister Sergei Belyakov, who was fired last week after criticizing the government, according to Bloomberg. Another post, [according](http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-hacker-group-denies-breaking-into-medvedev-s-twitter-account/505116.html "undefined") to the Moscow _Times_, read: “I’m going to become a freelance photographer!” Still another took aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is engaged in a showdown with the West over Ukraine and is largely seen as holding the reins of power in Russia. Using Putin’s nickname, the tweet said: “I wanted to say this long ago: Vova, you aren’t right.” > [](https://twitter.com/paulgypteau/status/499809882032586753) \[[_Bloomberg_](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-14/hacked-medvedev-feed-has-russian-premier-yearning-for-freedom.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3111134/hacked-twitter-dmitry-medvedevs-prime-minister/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3111134/hacked-twitter-dmitry-medvedevs-prime-minister/"},"headline":"Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter Was Hacked","datePublished":"2014-08-14T13:36:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:40:08.514Z","description":"No, he's not resigning to become a freelance photographer","url":"https://time.com/3111134/hacked-twitter-dmitry-medvedevs-prime-minister/","keywords":["russia","Ukraine","twitter","Russian President Vladimir Putin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt523bd09dbabb3d8c/69869f7aadae44b69a544849/medvedev.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt523bd09dbabb3d8c/69869f7aadae44b69a544849/medvedev.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Russia's prime minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with deputy PMs at the House of the Russian Government, Aug 11, 20014.","caption":"Russia's prime minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with deputy PMs at the House of the Russian Government, Aug 11, 20014.","creditText":"Dmitry Astakhov—Itar-Tass/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/russia/","name":"russia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3111134/hacked-twitter-dmitry-medvedevs-prime-minister/","name":"Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter Was Hacked"}}]}] ```