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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with NTV television newscaster Alexei Pivovarov (R) after recording an interview with major national television channels in Moscow, on December 7, 2012. Stark divisions within Russia's elite were exposed today when a hot mic mishap showed Medvedev during his Friday's off-the-record conversation with Pivovarov slamming security forces as "jerks" for launching an early morning raid against filmmaker Pavel Kostomarov who has been working on an Internet documentary about the Russian opposition called "Srok" (Term). AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL/ DMITRY ASTAKHOV (Photo by DMITRY ASTAKHOV / RIA-NOVOSTI / AFP) (Photo by DMITRY ASTAKHOV/RIA-NOVOSTI/AFP via Getty Images)