4 July 2012, Wednesday

4 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting “On improving the earthquake resistance of residential buildings, infrastructure facilities and vital support systems in the earthquake regions of the Russian Federation” Dmitry Medvedev said he had decided to extend the programme to increase the quake resistance of residential buildings, infrastructure facilities and other systems in Russia’s quake-prone regions to 2018.

4 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev tours a new housing development during his working visit to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

3 July 2012, Tuesday

3 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev holds trip’s final meeting at Mendeleyevo Airport on Kunashir Island “But the best part is that the population of the Kurils has stopped declining. In fact there has been growth.”

3 July 2012 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

3 July 2012 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.”

3 July 2012 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.”

3 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev inspects regional hospital during his visit to the Sakhalin Region

3 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev visits Vladivostok Airport to inspect the new terminal built for the 2012 APEC summit

3 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev visits the Ocean national children’s centre in the suburbs of Vladivostok while on a working visit to the Far East

2 July 2012, Monday

2 July 2012 Vladislav Surkov visits the Gerasimov Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK)

2 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev lays flowers at the grave of East Siberia Governor General Nikolai Muravyov-Amursky and speaks with local people

2 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev holds working meeting with Primorye Territory Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky Mr Medvedev and Mr Miklushevsky discussed priority objectives of regional development. During the conversation, the Prime Minister stressed that large-scale and inexpensive construction projects are the most important thing. For his part, the Governor said that the creation of a comfortable environment is a priority aspect of the Primorye Territory’s socio-economic development. An environment like this will induce people to come here, rather than leave the region.

2 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev chairs meeting of the State Commission for the Socio-Economic Development of the Far East, the Republic of Buryatia, the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Irkutsk Region Subject of the meeting – additional measures to provide transport links between difficult-of-access territories in the Far East and Siberia.

2 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev visits the construction site of a student centre of the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island

2 July 2012 Dmitry Medvedev visits a neighbourhood under construction in Vladivostok’s Patrokl Bay

2 July 2012 On a working visit to Vladivostok, 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.”

29 June 2012, Friday

29 June 2012 Dmitry Medvedev holds telephone conversation with his Moldovan counterpart Vladimir Filat upon the latter’s initiative

29 June 2012 Vladislav Surkov chairs meeting of interdepartmental working group on GLONASS system

29 June 2012 Dmitry Medvedev speaks with Turkmenistan’s President and Prime Minister Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov over the phone

29 June 2012 Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets and Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Mikhail Shmakov Dmitry Medvedev said that the government plans to continue raising salaries for education, healthcare, culture and social services employees.

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