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Dmitry Medvedev visited the Reverend Sergiy Boarding School, located in the village of Toporkovo in the Sergiyev Posad district January 7, 2009, 15:00 Moscow Region

Dmitry Medvedev wished Orthodox Christians, and all Russians, a happy Christmas January 7, 2009, 09:30

January 6, 2009, Tuesday

Dmitry Medvedev signed a Federal Law “On the ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of income tax evasion.” January 6, 2009, 13:10

Dmitry Medvedev signed the Federal Law “On the ratification of the Agreement on peacekeeping activities of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.” January 6, 2009, 13:00

January 5, 2009, Monday

Dmitry Medvedev instructed Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov and Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu to urgently look into the issue of how to offer additional humanitarian aid to the Palestinian National Authority January 5, 2009, 17:40

Dmitry Medvedev held a telephone conversation with the head of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas January 5, 2009, 17:30

January 4, 2009, Sunday

Dmitry Medvedev held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert January 4, 2009, 21:00

Dmitry Medvedev signed a law on the ratification of the convention between Russia and Venezuela on the avoidance of double taxation January 4, 2009, 11:50

January 3, 2009, Saturday

Dmitry Medvedev met with athletes competing in the parallel slalom world cup January 3, 2009, 17:45 Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi

Dmitry Medvedev held a telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar Asad January 3, 2009, 16:30

January 1, 2009, Thursday

Dmitry Medvedev signed the decree “On the formation of a Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market.” January 1, 2009, 17:30

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the President of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Raul Castro and the first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Fidel Castro, on the occasion of the national holiday marking the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Cuba January 1, 2009, 16:15

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with the writer and president of the Dmitry Likhachev International Charitable Foundation Daniil Granin, in which he congratulated him on the occasion of his 90th birthday January 1, 2009, 15:00

December 31, 2008, Wednesday

Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin discussed the problems of supplying Russian gas to Ukraine and its transit through Ukraine to Europe December 31, 2008, 18:50 Gorky, Moscow Region

Dmitry Medvedev signed the federal law concerning patent attorneys December 31, 2008, 18:00

Dmitry Medvedev held a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev December 31, 2008, 16:30

Dmitry Medvedev held a telephone conversation with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon December 31, 2008, 14:40

Dmitry Medvedev signed a federal law “On Audit Activities” December 31, 2008, 09:00

December 30, 2008, Tuesday

Dmitry Medvedev signed two federal laws aiming to strengthen support for the financial sector, other areas of the economy, and the labour market December 30, 2008, 18:50

Dmitry Medvedev signed a law on the introduction of changes to the Federal law “On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)” December 30, 2008, 18:30

"We remember the lessons of World War II and will never agree with the distortion of those events or attempts to justify the murderers and slander the true victors."