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Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of France Nicholas Sarkozy August 10, 2008, 19:15

Achieving a ceasefire and normalising the situation in the region would require the withdrawal of all Georgian armed forces from South Ossetia and the signature of a legally binding agreement between Georgia and South Ossetia committing both sides not to use force August 10, 2008, 18:56

Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Russian Federation Prosecutor General's Office Committee of Inquiry to document crimes committed in South Ossetia in order to prosecute the perpetrators August 10, 2008, 18:30 Gorki, Moscow Region

Dmitry Medvedev held a working meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin August 10, 2008, 03:30 Gorki, Moscow Region

August 9, 2008, Saturday

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of the United States George W. Bush August 9, 2008, 17:00

Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu to fly to South Ossetia August 9, 2008, 13:00

The head of state held a meeting on providing humanitarian assistance to the population of South Ossetia August 9, 2008, 11:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Dmitry Medvedev met with Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, and the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Nikolai Makarov August 9, 2008, 10:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 8, 2008, Friday

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel August 8, 2008, 23:00

Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Government to organise humanitarian aid for those affected by the escalation of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict August 8, 2008, 17:45

Dmitry Medvedev held an emergency meeting with permanent members of the Security Counsil on the situation in South Ossetia August 8, 2008, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Dmitry Medvedev made a statement on the situation in South Ossetia August 8, 2008, 10:43

August 7, 2008, Thursday

In Kazan Dmitry Medvedev watched a presentation concerning the 27th Summer World Student Games, which will be held in 2013 August 7, 2008, 21:10

Dmitry Medvedev instructed his plenipotentiary envoy in the Southern Federal District, Vladimir Ustinov, to personally oversee the investigation into the explosion in Sochi August 7, 2008, 13:50

Dmitry Medvedev examined the organisational plans for the 27th World Summer Student Games (Universiade) that will take place in the capital of Tatarstan in 2013 August 7, 2008, 12:10 Kazan

August 6, 2008, Wednesday

Dmitry Medvedev met with President of Chuvashia Nikolai Fyodorov August 6, 2008, 19:30 Cheboksary

Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree 'On immortalising the memory of Alexander Solzhenitsyn' August 6, 2008, 16:00

Alexander Solzhenitsyn has been buried at Donskoi Monastery cemetery August 6, 2008, 13:00 Moscow

August 5, 2008, Tuesday

Dmitry Medvedev signed the Order 'On Signing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' August 5, 2008, 20:00

Dmitry Medvedev signed an order appointing Georgii Matyushkin as the Russian Federation's representative to the European Court of Human Rights and Deputy Justice Minister August 5, 2008, 19:20

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