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July 4, 2011
Presidential Adviser and Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change Alexander Bedritsky held consultations with the Deputy Chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, Minister Xie Zhenhua on expanding climate cooperation among the BRICS states.
June 27, 2011
At it’s twenty-fifth meeting the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia’s Economy examined the priority modernisation areas’ environmental aspects.
June 27, 2011
Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
June 21, 2011
Dmitry Medvedev signed a list of instructions following the State Council Presidium meeting held on June 9 in Dzerzhinsk on ensuring environmental security and eliminating built-up ecological damage.
June 13, 2011
During the meeting, Dmitry Medvedev issued a number of instructions to Grigory Rapota regarding the monitoring of measures to improve the environmental situation in the Volga Federal District.
June 9, 2011
Dmitry Medvedev and Valery Shantsev discussed modernisation of the region’s chemical production facilities.
June 9, 2011
Dmitry Medvedev inspected several environmentally unfriendly facilities before the State Council Presidium meeting on environmental safety.
June 8, 2011
Subjects discussed at the meeting included cooperation between NGOs and the various state agencies, improving the environmental protection laws, and the need to enforce environmental protection rules and raise responsibility for looking after the environment.
February 25, 2011
January 26, 2011
The President spoke about his views of the situation in Russia and the world, the main principles of Russia’s modernisation strategy, and presented a number of Russia’s specific proposals and initiatives.
December 30, 2010
Dmitry Medvedev instructed Yury Trutnev to finalise within three months the draft laws aimed at improving the environmental situation in the country, introducing environmental audits and economic incentives for the modernisation of production processes.
December 29, 2010
Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Federal Law On Fishery and Protecting Aquatic Biological Resources and to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.
December 27, 2010
December 11, 2010
The conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted a package of decisions that essentially form an action plan for concluding a global agreement on reducing the manmade burden on the climate after 2012.
November 12, 2010
The G20 heads of state and government held a working session, focusing primarily on global economic issues, international trade, and climate change.
October 12, 2010
Dmitry Medvedev invited experts to the Kremlin to hear their views on the construction of the Moscow-St Petersburg motorway through the Khimki Forest, an issue that has raised great public concern.
September 19, 2010
Presidential Aide and Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change Alexander Bedritsky took part in New York in the first meeting of the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
August 27, 2010
Dmitry Medvedev announced during a working meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov that he has signed an executive order bringing the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) under direct subordination to the Government.
August 26, 2010
Dmitry Medvedev announced this decision in his blog. The President instructed the Government to suspend the implementation of the resolution on the motorway construction through the Khimki Forest and to conduct further public and expert discussions on the issue.