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Dmitry Medvedev: Good afternoon to all present here and to those on the video link up.

We are having a regular, but a still important meeting on supporting recreation for children during the summer holidays. We hold such meetings approximately once a year, but the regions may have them more often. The opening of the summer season is close: about 52,000 recreation facilities will accept 8 million children, 8.4 million to be precise (100,000 more than last year). This is more than a half of all Russian schoolchildren, quite a large number. I will try not to state the obvious too much, but all the facilities must be ready to admit children. During the academic year, children study and are under a great deal of psychological pressure. They need a chance to rest and just relax in the summer. Of course, they also can learn something, and there are lots of opportunities for that during the summer season. 

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