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President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the CIS heads of state on Victory Day May 9, 2008, 09:30

May 8, 2008, Thursday

President Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa May 8, 2008, 22:10

President Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov May 8, 2008, 21:40

President Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh May 8, 2008, 21:30

President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree appointing Vladimir Putin to the post of prime minister May 8, 2008, 15:10

President Dmitry Medvedev presented to the State Duma deputies Vladimir Putin as candidate for the post of prime minister May 8, 2008, 14:45 Moscow

President Dmitry Medvedev will visit the Republic of Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of China on May 22–24 May 8, 2008, 12:10

President Dmitry Medvedev sent messages of congratulations to the Israeli leadership — President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert — on the sixtieth anniversary of the State of Israel's independence May 8, 2008, 11:50

President Dmitry Medvedev laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexandrovsky Garden May 8, 2008, 10:30 Alexandrovsky Garden, Moscow

May 7, 2008, Wednesday

A reception was held at the Kremlin to mark the inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia May 7, 2008, 21:30 Moscow

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has been handed command of the country's strategic nuclear forces May 7, 2008, 15:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the development of federal universities May 7, 2008, 15:10

President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the creation of the Federal Housing Construction Development Facilitation Fund May 7, 2008, 15:05

President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on provision of housing for veterans of the Great Patriotic War May 7, 2008, 15:00

President Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma the candidacy of Vladimir Putin for the post of prime minister May 7, 2008, 14:50

Following his inauguration as President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana attended a service at the Moscow Kremlin's Annunciation Cathedral May 7, 2008, 12:40

Dmitry Medvedev has been inaugurated President of Russia May 7, 2008, 12:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

Dmitry Medvedev assumed the position of President of Russia May 7, 2008, 00:00

May 6, 2008, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Additional Protocol to the European Framework Convention on Trans-Border Cooperation between Local Authorities May 6, 2008, 23:20

President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement between the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States on Cooperation in the Regional Antiterrorist Structure May 6, 2008, 23:00

Valdai Discussion Club meeting

October 2, 2025