Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives in the Federative Republic of Brazil on a working visit, where he will attend the third session of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development - RIO+20

Prime Minister Medvedev emphasised during the meeting that Russian and Norwegian companies are linked by major projects: “We have common initiatives and share responsibility for the future of our northern region.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov during the Rio+20 UN Conference

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a series of bilateral meetings during the Rio+20 UN Conference

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the third session of the plenary meeting of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20

Dmitry Medvedev proposed for the world’s leading countries to agree on mutual energy policies and to resume the discussion of Russia’s energy security initiatives in the United Nations.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Rio de Janeiro

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks with Brazil’s Vice President Michel Temer at the end of a series of meetings with foreign leaders on the sidelines of the Rio+20 UN Conference

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting on air traffic control issues at Moscow’s Automated Air Traffic Control Centre

“We will have to increase the throughput capacity of Moscow airports also by streamlining the structure of the airspace and upgrading the technical equipment of traffic control centres.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits the Moscow Automated Air Traffic Control Centre at Vnukovo Airport

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives in the Chechen Republic and visits the village of Tsentoroi where he lays flowers at the grave of Akhmad Kadyrov, the first President of the Chechen Republic

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs meeting in Grozny of Government Commission on the Socio-Economic Development of the North Caucasus Federal District

“We must fundamentally change the situation in the region, make life in the North Caucasus attractive and, it goes without saying, safe and stable. This is our common goal.”