Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On the National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amending the Federal Law on Higher and Postgraduate Professional Education and the Federal Law on State Science and Technology Policy.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Reorganisation of the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation.

President Medvedev invited German businesses to take part in the modernisation of Russian companies.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the Seliger 2010 National Youth Education Forum, where he viewed an exhibition of young people's innovation projects and spoke in front of forum participants.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his greetings to participants and guests of the Tver Social and Economic Forum Information Society.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his greetings to the Engineering Technologies 2010, noting that the forum brought together a wide range of participants, including CEOs of leading engineering companies, members of business communities, and representatives from government agencies of Russia and other countries.

Dmitry Medvedev outlined the main objectives of budget policy.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions issued following a meeting of the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia's Economy of June 19, 2010.

Dmitry Medvedev invited the meeting participants to share their vision of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre being built near Moscow, and the way its activities should be organised.

Dmitry Medvedev oversaw the signing of an agreement of mutual understanding between the Foundation for Development for the Skolkovo Centre for Research and Commercialisation of New Technologies and Cisco Systems, Inc. regarding cooperation in developing and implementing information and communication technologies.

Dmitry Medvedev noted that California is one of the USA’s most economically advanced states and stressed Russia’s interest in promoting active contacts between Russian businesses and Silicon Valley companies to support Russia’s plans to build an innovation centre in Skolkovo.

Foreign economic policy and its role in the country's technological modernisation and innovative development were discussed at the meeting of the Commission, which took place on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Dmitry Medvedev presented the awards to Russian scientist and academician Alexander Leontyev, and to Ukrainian scientist Boris Paton, who is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and president of the International Association of Academies of Sciences.

In his remarks, the President analysed the economic situation in Russia and the world and outlined Russia’s economic modernisation plans.