Vladimir Putin held a meeting on organising premises for the Supreme Court, Higher Arbitration Court, and the Supreme Court’s Judicial Department.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions issued following an April 10 meeting of the working group to draft proposals for developing the Open Government system in Russia, on promoting competition and enterprise.

Dmitry Medvedev presented state decorations to arbitration courts judges at a ceremony marking the 20^th anniversary of the arbitration court system’s establishment.

Dmitry Medvedev signed a list of instructions on the implementation of measures outlined in the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

Issues on the agenda included improving the work of the examination boards conducting qualification tests for candidates for judges’ positions, possibilities for reducing the workload of magistrates, and limits on arbitration courts’ subordination.

The discussion centred on non-procedural petitions to the court on matters under its consideration, in particular regarding the possibility of publishing information on such petitions. Measures to protect minors from sexual abuse were considered separately.

Dmitry Medvedev issued instructions to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, President of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev, President of the Higher Arbitration Court Anton Ivanov, and Director General of the Supreme Court’s Judicial Department Alexander Gusev as part of the drive to increase the openness and accessibility of the justice system.