Elton John's music is "of very high quality," Russia's rocker president, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote on his Twitter micro blog on December 12, 2010 after nipping down to Elton's gig in Moscow.

"Just been at Elton John's concert. Very serious work, of very high quality - almost three hours of live music," Medvedev tweeted after a night on the town.

Only thing is, Elton invited the president, "a true fan of modern rock music," as he called him in his message of November 25, 2010, to his St. Petersburg show on December 13, 2010, rather than the Moscow event, but Medvedev seemed to decide not to wait another day. As presidents do, as presidents do.

"You are a true fan of modern rock music that unites people from all over the world, regardless of their racial, political and religious views. I'll be very grateful if you will accept my invitation," Elton's message read.

Medvedev, who ran his successful election campaign largely by recounting how he collected the vinyl copies of every Deep Purple LP, is the exact opposite of his patron, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin - as far as music is concerned, that is. The former KGB man is more into a kind of sweaty patriotic folk pop, the likes of Lyube.

The 63-year-old rock legend was among the first western musicians to perform in the USSR - an honor shared with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's favorite disco act, Boney-M.

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