RUDN Journal of Political ScienceRUDN Journal of Political Science2313-14382313-1446Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)9185Everyday Language Used by Dmitry Medvedev, the President of Russian Federation, as an Image Strategy TooSmirnovaI SКафедра теории и истории международных отношений; Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет; The Saint-Petersburg State Universitydririnasmirnova@mail.ru <mailto:dririnasmirnova@mail.ru>KovalevskayaE VКафедра теории и истории международных отношений; Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет; The Saint-Petersburg State Universityjanchik7@yahoo.com <mailto:janchik7@yahoo.com>The Saint-Petersburg State University150320113647009092016Copyright © 2011,2011This article is devoted to the analysis of the most frequent use of everyday language used in the speeches and statements of President Dmitry Medvedev. From the research it becomes clear that the main target is the Russian audience. However, some statements of this type aim also to influence foreign listeners and readers. At the same time, one purpose is to influence internal recipients differently from external recipients. This means that everyday language plays a different role in domestic communication from that in international communication and needs to be analyzed separately.everyday languageinternal domestic audienceexternal international audienceimage strategythe President of the Russian Federationсниженная лексикавнутренняя аудиториявнешняя аудиторияимиджевая стратегияПрезидент Российской Федерации