Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits the Ocean national children’s centre in the suburbs of Vladivostok while on a working visit to the Far East

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Vladivostok Airport to inspect the new terminal built for the 2012 APEC summit

Dmitry Medvedev inspects regional hospital during his visit to the Sakhalin Region

Dmitry Medvedev holds meeting with Sakhalin Region Governor Alexander Khoroshavin

The main topic of discussion was the development of the region and above all transport issues. The prime minister stressed in this regard that “Sometimes you have to take decisions which may require additional funding but which will allow transport access to be maintained for a significant number of people.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on the socioeconomic development of the Sakhalin Region

“I consider it extremely important for members of the government of the Russian Federation to visit the Kuril Islands. We have done this in the past, and naturally, this practice will be continued by the new government. The reasons for this are obvious: this is a very important part of the Sakhalin Region and of our Russian land as a whole.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits the South Kuril island of Kunashir, where he inspected a local fish processing plant and hospital, visited a church under construction and talked with local residents

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds trip’s final meeting at Mendeleyevo Airport on Kunashir Island

On a working visit to Vladivostok, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attends a ceremony to mark the opening to traffic of the bridge across the Eastern Bosphorus Strait

“I am confident that a huge number of people will use it, people who live in Vladivostok and on Russky Island, and people who travel here, tourists from other parts of Russia and from abroad. And it will simply be a very beautiful piece of engineering, showcasing the engineering talents, architectural inventiveness and creative potential of our people.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits the construction site of a student centre of the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island