Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti

“On the whole, we can be quite happy with the development of trade and economic relations between us. These relations have been expanding recently, despite the problems in the global economy and the European economy, and we can expect our trade turnover to return to pre-crisis levels this year,” Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits the Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau in Kolomna

Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting in Kolomna on the implementation of the federal targeted programme for the development of the defence sector in 2011-2020

“The Iskander-M is clearly among the most effective weapons in its class, and we consider it to be much better than its foreign analogues.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with head of the Republic of Yakutia Yegor Borisov

The prime minister said that the Russian Far East remains a priority of the government. Although the budget has been reviewed in view of the global financial situation, this will not affect the main elements of the Far East projects.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a working meeting with President of the National Medical Chamber Leonid Roshal

The main topic of conversation was the role of the medical community and other self-regulated professional communities. The prime minister emphasised that they can only be effective when they “have the right to put things in order” their respective spheres.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with King Juan Carlos I of Spain

“I am glad that we have met, because each such meeting advances the Russian-Spanish dialogue and cooperation,” Dmitry Medvedev told King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a government meeting

“Every permanent resident of the inundated communities must receive 160,000 roubles, including 100,000 from the federal budget and 60,000 from the territorial budget, regardless of the extent of property losses incurred…”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a working visit to Minsk

“Trade between our countries has reached a record level. It has never been so high,” Dmitry Medvedev said during the meeting. In his words, this is the result of the two nations’ cooperation and integration in the Union State and the Customs Union.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks with his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich

The Russian prime minister said he will do everything for “our Union State to develop and prosper.”