President Dmitry Medvedev had expressed his preference for the polar bear, which the St. Petersburg Times went as far as to suggest, was also due to his last name (derived from the Russian word for "bear" ).
El presidente Dmitry Medvedev había expresado su preferencia por el oso polar, lo cual hizo al St. Petersburg Times ir tan lejos como para sugerir , que también se debía a su apellido (derivado de la palabra rusa para "oso" ).