Dmitry Medvedev briefed the Security Council members about the signing of an Executive Order on public discussion of draft federal laws.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Protection of Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development.

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Vladislav Surkov took part in the conference The Social Dimension of Modernisation.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the Russian Language Centre at the Dalian University of Foreign Languages.

Dmitry Medvedev spoke at the plenary session of the Global Policy Forum The Modern State: Standards of Democracy and Criteria of Efficiency.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions following a meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of the Information Society in Russia on July 8, 2010.

Application of the law on insider information was the main subject on the agenda.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On the Organisation of Government and Municipal Services.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on the development of mass media. The main topics addressed at the meeting included financial support for the media, bridging the technological divide between central and regional media, and implementing nationwide public broadband internet.

At the meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of the Information Society in Russia dedicated to assessing interim results and prospects of employing information and communication technologies, Dmitry Medvedev noted that their development and implementation have special relevance in a country like Russia, given its enormous distances.

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

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 visited a Silicon Valley branch of the Russian company Yandex.

The President’s tour of Silicon Valley began with a visit to the offices of Twitter Incorporated.

In Twitter’s offices Mr Medvedev opened an official account on the Twitter social network: 

in Russian – @KremlinRussia, and

in English – @KremlinRussia_E.

Joint sesstion of the State Council and the Presidential Council took place on March 23, 2010.

Dmitry Medvedev held a joint session of the State Council and the Council for the Development of the Information Society.