Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting on financial markets

Speaking about the current problems affecting the global financial markets, the Prime Minister stressed that “our goal remains the same: to monitor the present situation calmly and to rebalance our financial system wherever necessary, guided first and foremost by the approaches that we have developed during and after the global financial crisis.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, during a working visit to Troitsk in the Moscow Region, holds a meeting on organising children’s recreation during summer holidays

In summer children should be improving their health, participating in sports and creative endeavours and having lively experiences. This is important for every family, for every child and for the state as a whole.

On Child Protection Day, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits the Krasnaya Pakhra children’s heart centre in Troitsk, outside Moscow

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a government meeting

During the meeting, the prime minister issued a number of instructions on eliminating shortcomings that he noticed in the work of municipal utilities and power-supply services this past winter, and other instructions regarding preparations for the next heating season.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a ceremony dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attends a restricted meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council while on a working visit to Turkmenistan

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attends an expanded meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government

“I consider the subsequent development of the agreement and ratification procedures regarding the CIS Free Trade Zone Agreement to be a highly important condition of our integration. In the long run, this will benefit all of us. Therefore, we would like the treaty to involve as many participants as possible, and we would like other countries to join this treaty.”