Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order on awarding the Order of Friendship to citizens of Sweden, Lithuania, and Ukraine.

The ceremony began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Vladikavkaz.

Dmitry Medvedev awarded the Order of Courage to Vitaly Morozov (posthumously) and Tatyana Demina for rescuing children in the Azov Sea.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order awarding the Order of Friendship to Polish film director Andrzej Wajda.

Dmitry Medvedev awarded decorations and honorary title conferment documents to 47 Russians from different walks of life including science, culture, the arts, medicine, sport, and various trades.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Orders awarding Russian state decorations to cultural figures of Latvia.

Dmitry Medvedev presented decorations to sixteen servicemen in a ceremony on board the cruiser Peter the Great. The servicemen were decorated for their part in an operation to free the Moscow University tanker from pirates.

Dmitry Medvedev signed an Executive Order conferring the Order of Honour on former President and Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Brazauskas.

State decorations and certificates conferring honorary titles were presented to 46 Russians.

The President congratulated the athletes and the coaches on their outstanding victory.

The Russian Paralympic team won the biggest number of medals at the Vancouver Games: 12 gold, 16 silver, and 10 bronze.