WRGW's Jared Pliner reports: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made an unannounced visit to GW's Lisner Auditorium Tuesday night for a 40th anniversary concert, featuring the legendary Russian rock band "Mashina Vremeni" ("Time Machine").
Medvedev, who is in town for the Nuclear Security Summit, swung by Lisner's H Street side entrance in his stretch Mercedes limousine and extended motorcade (complete with two ambulances) just before 9 p.m.
The Russian president stayed for roughly one hour, before departing from the auditorium's front entrance on 21st Street. He waved to crowds of students lining the sidewalks, who received him with cheers and applause.
The summit, attended by 46 foreign government delegations, was aimed at devising ways to better safeguard weapons-grade plutonium and uranium in the quest to prevent nuclear terrorism.
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