Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits the Tomsk Region’s fire station of the 5th Brigade of the Federal Fire Service

Dmitry Medvedev on a working visit to the Tomsk Region holds a meeting on the situation in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation suffering from abnormally high temperatures in 2012

The prime minister has instructed the government to "take additional measures to extinguish the fires, to check that fire safety requirements are being met in populated areas located near woods, and to ensure that systems are in place for warning people of emergency situations."

Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with Tomsk Region Governor Sergei Zhvachkin

The meeting focused on the wildfires in the region.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, on a working visit to the Kemerovo Region, meets with miners at the Komsomolets mine

Dmitry Medvedev visits Listvyazhnaya coal mine and goes down to the coal face

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting on measures to develop the coal industry in Leninsk-Kuznetsky

“The key issue is the modernisation of coal industry enterprises and facilities. We must encourage coal companies to upgrade and create the conditions for deep processing. This focus may be no less important – and could be even more important – than the general increase in production.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with Governor Aman Tuleyev of the Kemerovo region

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits an exhibition featuring innovations in the coal industry, as part of a working trip to the Kemerovo region

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs meeting on railway tariffs policy on a train from Omsk to Tomsk during working visit to Siberia

“The theme we are discussing is not just technological – it concerns practically all of our citizens.”

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attends concert marking City Day during his visit to Omsk