Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants, organisers and guests at the Second International Engineering Technologies 2012 Forum.

Vladimir Putin sent to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement on Maintaining Specialisation of Enterprises and Organisations Producing Military Goods within the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Framework.

Vladimir Putin sent to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement on General Principles for the Establishment of Interstate Scientific and Production Organisations within the Collective Security Treaty Organisation to Produce Military Goods.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On the Council for Economic Modernisation and Innovative Development under the President of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin took part in an annual meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which reviewed the Academy's achievements in 2011.

Vladimir Putin visited the institute’s production facilities, saw the latest developments from Russia’s defence industry, and held a meeting On Russian Technologies (Rostekhnologii) State Corporation’s Performance and Outlook.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yury Osipov.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Measures to Implement State Policy in Science and Education.

Dmitry Medvedev held an expanded meeting of the Skolkovo Foundation’s Board of Trustees at Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

Dmitry Medvedev held an expanded meeting of the State Council.

Mr Vekselberg briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the Skolkovo Innovation Centre’s current activities and the programmes the Skolkovo Foundation is currently carrying out.

Head of Tatarstan briefed the President on the social and economic situation in the republic.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message to the space industry employees and veterans, congratulating them on Cosmonautics Day.

The meeting, the Commission’s 29^th so far, addressed the issue of making the research and development support system more effective in order to better pursue modernisation and innovative development. 

Dmitry Medvedev and Nikolai Vinogradov discussed the region's development prospects, in particular the creation of a research and production cluster in the Vladimir Region.

While on a working trip to Vladimir Region, Dmitry Medvedev visited the International Biotechnology Centre Generium, where he looked around the laboratories, saw how the production process works and met with the centre’s researchers.

Dmitry Medvedev visited EKRA’s education centre during a trip to Chuvashia.

Dmitry Medvedev awarded the President’s Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists for 2011 to Alexander Blagov, Pavel Kovalev, Viktor Orlov, Vladimir Komlev, and Andrei Raigorodsky.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Awarding the Russian Federation President's Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists for 2011.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.