Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

The Prime Minister said he is sure that the integration processes that both the Belarusian president and he have been involved with in recent years will bear fruit for the development of their two countries and peoples.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan

The Russian Prime Minister said that Russia will fully support Armenia in its nation-building efforts, and in addressing socio-economic issues. “We remain good friends and allies,” Dmitry Medvedev said.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev submits proposals on the structure and composition of the new government to President Vladimir Putin

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a series of meetings on the formation of the future government structure and appointments

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting on implementing the Presidential Executive Orders

“These directives imply a very fast pace for the government. We have little time to prepare for them – and we must implement them despite this distracting period of forming new federal executive bodies. We have to start today.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with Tambov Region Governor Oleg Betin

The meeting focused on improving social services. According to Dmitry Medvedev, it is necessary to take every effort to attract young professionals and experts who will not only enter the field because they feel it is their vocation but because there is a sound system of incentives and growth opportunities.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev inspects a residential building constructed for veterans of the Great Patriotic War while on a working visit to the Tambov Region

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting in Tambov on improving social services

"The social services system should be much more modern, it should be more focused on the needs of our people."