Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev gives an interview to Kommersant newspaper
Question: You’ve been Prime Minister for six months now. We can safely say that the organising phrase of forming the Government is over. Earlier you had outlined seven priority areas of the Government’s work including in the short term. What have you been able to resolve at this stage and what issues remain unresolved?
Dmitry Medvedev: It would be absurd for me to claim that we have resolved almost every issue after just six months in office. I think that it is important for the Government to begin its work as a full-fledged team with a common agenda. In these six months, my colleagues and I, as a Prime Minister, have sought to create a common platform for our work. And I think we have succeeded in this respect.
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has reshaped the international security environment. These technologies bring immense economic and social benefits; they can also be used for purposes that are inconsistent with international peace and security. There has been a noticeable increase in risk in recent years as ICTs are used for crime and the conduct of disruptive activities.
Accreditation for members of the Russian and foreign media wishing to cover the G20 Summit of heads of state and government, to be held on September 5-6, 2013 in St Petersburg, is open at www.g20russia.ru.
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the spaceflight by a woman, Vladimir Putin met with Valentina Tereshkova, major general, Hero of the Soviet Union, and the first woman cosmonaut.
Ahead of the G8 summit in Great Britain and the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Vladimir Putin answered questions from Russian News & Information Agency.
On 12 June 2013 Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko accompanied by the delegation of Russian senators met with the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords Baroness D’Souza and the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow in the British Parliament.
The delegation of the Council of Federation of Russia headed by the Chairman of the upper house Valentina Matvienko arrived in the United Kingdom with an official visit.
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to greet Members and guests of the General Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau. Russia has a long and rich experience of participation in the World Expo movement. We took part in the very first universal exhibition in London in 1851. And at the Paris exhibition in 1900 our pavilion won the coveted Gold Medal and Grand Prix. But in all this time, Russia has not hosted the World Expo, not once. Surely, time has come to change this.
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