Dmitry Medvedev and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the VIII Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum. The main item on the agenda is the organisation of the two countries’ joint efforts in cross-border emergency situations.

Yunus-Bek Yevkurov reported to Dmitry Medvedev on the socio-econimic situation and measures to ensure order and security in the republic.

The President laid flowers at the site of the crash in which members of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team lost their lives.

Dmitry Medvedev signed executive orders appointing Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoys to three federal districts.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated residents of Kabardino-Balkaria on the 90^th anniversary of the republic’s establishment.

Dmitry Medvedev was interested, in particular, in the development of education and rise in teachers’ salaries in the region. The issues discussed also included the transition of the territory’s schools to a new system of legal organisation.

In the morning on September 1, Dmitry Medvedev visited a general education school in the village of Verkhnerusskoye, Stavropol Territory, where he sat in the first and eleventh form’s lessons. Later, the President took part in the opening ceremony of the Stavropol Presidential Cadet Academy, established at the premises of the former Defence Ministry aviation engineering college.

Dmitry Medvedev announced his decision to submit Georgy Poltavchenko’s candidacy for the post of St Petersburg Governor for consideration by the St Petersburg Legislative Assembly.

The United Russia party’s leaders presented Dmitry Medvedev with the names of their candidates for the post of governor of St Petersburg.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the Southern Federal Sports Training Centre, where national teams in the various summer and winter sports train for competition. After looking over the Centre, the President met with members of Russia’s national university students’ team.

Dmitry Medvedev presented a new-look battle flag to the Eastern Military District’s 11^th Paratroops Brigade.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Early Termination of the Mandate of St Petersburg Governor

Development of Krasnodar Territory’s resorts was the subject of discussion.

Mr Magomedov briefed the President on the socioeconomic situation in Daghestan, in particular the employment situation and schools’ preparations for the new academic year, spoke about the state of progress in carrying out a number of big investment projects in the agriculture sector, including international projects, and presented a project to establish a sturgeon breeding centre. 

The main subjects on the agenda at the meeting, chaired by the President, included issues of resolving environmental issues in the Volga River basin, preserving the river’s fauna and developing its fisheries, combating poaching, restoring the water system in the river’s delta, water resources protection efforts, and overhaul of hydro-technical installations.

During a trip to Astrakhan Region, Dmitry Medvedev visited an inspection station of the Federal Agency for Fishery.

The President and the Prime Minister sailed motorboats on the Volga, went fishing, and took a look at the river’s underwater life too, using a special camera to take underwater photos.

Dmitry Medvedev discussed current issues in the agriculture sector with agriculture workers from Krasnodar Territory, and congratulated them on this year’s record harvest.