Vladimir Putin visited the Arkhangelsk Mining Company at the Vladimir Grib diamond field.

Mr Putin will visit the Grib Mining Company, where he will be briefed on the technological processes involved in diamond mining.

Vladimir Putin and Mr Orlov discussed the region’s social and economic development.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting late yesterday evening with Governor of Arkhangelsk Region Igor Orlov.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on implementing state armament programme for the Navy.

The ceremony was held at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk.

During a working trip to Arkhangelsk Region, Vladimir Putin met with participants in an upcoming expedition to clean up environmental damage in polluted areas of the Franz Josef Land archipelago. The meeting took place in Arkhangelsk on the dock from which the expedition vessel departed.

The President nominated governor candidates for Arkhangelsk and Volgograd regions.

United Russia presented to Dmitry Medvedev the lists of its candidates for the governorships of Arkhangelsk and Volgograd regions.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Early Termination of Powers of the Arkhangelsk Region Governor.

On behalf of Dmitry Medvedev, staff of the Presidential Executive Office Library have donated 1,096 books to Solovetsky School (Arkhangelsk Region), and helped to organise a reading room in the school.

The meeting examined implementation of presidential instructions in a number of areas, including preventing unjustified housing and utilities tariff hikes, preparation of the housing and utilities sector for winter, reorganisation of state corporations, effective use of budget funds in the state procurement system, and provision of housing for Great Patriotic War veterans. 

Dmitry Medvedev participated in the launch ceremony of a new generation nuclear submarine. The ceremony took place at the military shipyard of Production Association Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash).