Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, on a working visit to Kazakhstan, meets with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov

Dmitry Medvedev and Karim Masimov hold Russian-Kazakh intergovernmental talks

According to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, trade and economic cooperation between the two countries has grown by one third over the past few years. “This is due both to the overall growth in trade turnover and to the ongoing integration between the three members of the Customs Union,” he added.

At the end of his trip to Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Nazarbayev University to learn about new research in various fields and to speak with lecturers and students

Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Turkmenistan to attend a CIS Heads of Government Council meeting and holds talks with Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich

Russian-Belarusian relations are currently going through very good times, in Dmitry Medvedev’s view, because “apart from political understanding on all issues, quite impressive achievements have been recorded in the economy.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds conference with his deputies

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that from now on, such conferences will be held on Mondays so that “we can discuss any current issues in a timely manner as well as to prepare for government meetings and Government Presidium meetings.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives on a working visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with head of the Republic of Tyva Sholban Kara-ool

The prime minister announced that he has issued a directive approving a programme of events celebrating the centenary of the union of Russia and Tyva and Kyzyl’s founding.