In particular, the laws determine the amount of compensation for various types of insurance, the procedure for paying compensation to people with disabilities for the purchase of equipment required for rehabilitation and services, and the procedure for providing health resort treatments to certain categories of citizens.

Ms Golikova briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the ministry’s efforts towards realisation of the goals set out in the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

The President inspected classrooms, stopped by Russian, IT and physical education classes, and spoke with teachers and students.

Dmitry Medvedev and the parliamentary parties’ leaders discussed housing and utilities sector reform, the federal budget’s adoption, and preparation of the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

During the videoconference, Dmitry Medvedev and the Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Kobylkin discussed the socioeconomic situation in the region, in particular focusing on relocating the residents of dilapidated housing.

Mr Medvedev said that care for senior citizens is one of the state’s absolute priorities, but people of all ages need to realise that looking after senior citizens is a task for the whole of society, including public organisations and business.

The leader of Bashkortostan reported to Dmitry Medvedev on the social situation in the republic and the implementation of social programmes, in particular those aimed at the elderly.

Dmitry Medvedev met with participants in the 3rd Congress of Social Workers and Social Pedagogues.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions following a meeting with teachers who won the 2010 Russian Teacher of the Year contest.

Dmitry Medvedev held a videoconference meeting on the reconstruction of housing and social infrastructure in regions affected by forest fires. The meeting also addressed social support for people.

The region's socioeconomic development and the situation in the food and employment markets were discussed.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on senior citizen’s social and economic situation.

Improving pensioners’ living standards and protecting senior citizens’ rights have to become action priorities for the state authorities, Dmitry Medvedev stressed at a meeting with Healthcare and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova.

On September 15, 2010 Dmitry Medvedev had a working meeting with Murmansk Region Governor Dmitry Dmitriyenko to discuss the pricing policy for staple foods in the region.

Mr Vakhrukov briefed the President on preparations for the Global Policy Forum The Modern State: Standards of Democracy and Criteria of Efficiency, and the celebrations of 1,000 years since Yaroslavl’s founding.

The President spoke by telephone with the heads of the affected regions and Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu. Mr Shoigu briefed the President on the firefighting and relief efforts.

Dmitry Medvedev visited a dairy plant, an agricultural producer Agrofirma Promyshlennaya and the Gvozdika garden settlement, and had a working meeting with Governor of Orenburg Region Yury Berg.

Dmitry Medvedev was briefed on a tragic fire that broke out at a nursing home for elderly in Vyshny Volochok, Tver Region.