Vladimir Putin visited the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, toured the plant’s cold roll steel production, participated in the launch of continuous annealing and continuous galvanising cold-rolling units, and spoke with the company’s employees.

Issues discussed at the meeting with commanders of divisions and units of the Armed Forces, Interior Ministry and the Federal Drug Control Service, involved in strategic Centre-2011 military exercises, included personnel and military reform, and service pay.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the Chebarkul training ground, where the final stage of command and staff exercises and training of the internal troops control are being held as part of the Centre-2011 strategic military exercises.

In accordance with the Federal Law On the Police Force, the President issued executive order on appointments to senior Interior Ministry posts.

At its 22^nd meeting, the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia’s Economy summed up the results of its efforts to support the engineering profession and technical education.

Dmitry Medvedev chaired a meeting of the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia’s Economy in Magnitogorsk.