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Medvedev says Schwarzenegger could be Moscow mayor

© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klementiev / Go to the mediabankRussian President Dmitry Medvedev and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday said he could offer California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the post of Moscow's mayor if he had Russian citizenship.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday said he could offer California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the post of Moscow's mayor if he had Russian citizenship.

Schwarzenegger arrived in Moscow at the head of a delegation of high-tech executives and venture businessmen on Sunday. Medvedev and Schwarzenegger met on Monday in the Russian leader's Moscow Region residence in Gorki before setting off for Russia's high-tech research hub of Skolkovo outside the capital.

"We have many different events here. You arrived at the moment when Moscow has no mayor," the Russian president told the American guest.

Recalling that Schwarzenegger is leaving the post of California governor in January, Medvedev said smiling: "If you were a Russian citizen, you could work for us."

Medvedev fired long-serving Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov in late September, saying he had lost his trust. The decision came after state TV had accused Luzhkov of negligence, callousness and corruption.

Commentators say Medvedev's sacking of Luzhkov, one of the most powerful politicians in Russia, may boost his authority ahead of the 2012 presidential elections.

GORKI, October 11 (RIA Novosti)

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