In the run-up to the March 8, Mr Medvedev met with women working in professions traditionally dominated by men. Among the women present at the meeting were, in particular, flight instructor I class and sports plane test pilot Svetlana Kapanina, specialist in emergency diving and rescue operations Irina Vorozhbit, President of the Women’s Boxing Development Foundation Natalia Karpovich, welding engineer and technology specialist Alexandra Chekulayeva, and engineer and candidate cosmonaut Yelena Serova.
The meeting took place in an informal setting over a cup of tea.