Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting of the initiative group on the formation of the government expert council

“I don’t need an ornamental expert council to legalise pre-drafted government decisions -- that would be totally useless. I would like the expert council to directly influence the key decisions that will be made by the government …”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a working meeting with Igor Sechin

Dmitry Medvedev said he had instructed Rosneft’s Board of Directors to appoint Sechin as its new CEO.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriyev

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a government meeting

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the new Cabinet members and outlined the top seven priority, milestone achievements that, in his opinion, Russia’s new government must address in the next six months. “How well we handle these problems will demonstrate the government’s real policy platform – as opposed to the one on paper,” he said.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a separate bilateral meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti at the G8 summit at Camp David

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama hold talks at Camp David

Dmitry Medvedev holds a press conference for the Russian media after the meeting of heads of state at the G8 summit at Camp David

“My presence here at Camp David, as the head of the Russian delegation, <...> should be regarded as a symbol of a certain continuity of foreign policy and the primacy of the reset policy, to which President Obama and I have devoted a lot of time.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron at Camp David

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives at the G8 Summit at Camp David, USA, and takes part in a working dinner