The Presidential Press and Information Office's Department of Accreditation and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover Dmitry Medvedev’s participation in the summit meetings of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and the Eurasian Economic Community’s Interstate Council to be held on March 19, 2012, in Moscow.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order releasing Vladimir Titorenko of his duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Qatar.

Dmitry Medvedev and Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed a number of issues pertaining to Russian-Kazakhstani relations.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski following a railway accident.

Dmitry Medvedev appointed Konstantin Kosachev director of the Russian Cooperation Agency and special presidential representative for CIS Affairs.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso following a tragic accident in Brazzaville.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika, during which he congratulated Mr Bouteflika on his 75^th birthday.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Latvian Republic on Simplifying Mutual Visits by Residents of Border Territories in the Russian Federation and Latvian Republic.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on Amending the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Avoiding Double Taxation with Regard to Taxes on Income and Capital of December 5, 1998.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Chile on Avoiding Double Taxation and Preventing Tax Evasion for Taxes on Income and Capital.

The Russian delegation, headed by special presidential envoy for the Middle East Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, has visited Baghdad. The message from Dmitry Medvedev was passed on to Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki during a meeting.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan on Cooperation on Border Issues.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on Amending the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation of October 7, 2002.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a telegram of congratulations to Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi on his election as president of the Republic of Yemen.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

A joint statement by Dmitry Medvedev and Alexander Lukashenko has been published.

Almazbek Atambayev arrived in Moscow at Dmitry Medvedev's invitation on his first working visit to Russia as President of Kyrgyzstan.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of Iraq Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki following the death and injury of hundreds of people caused by terrorist attacks in the capital and other cities in Iraq.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as part of an effort to broaden telephone contacts regarding the situation in Syria (earlier, the President of Russia spoke with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki).