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A summit of the Eurasian Economic Community Interstate Council and Supreme Eurasian Economic Council took place at the Grand Kremlin Palace.

The Presidential Press and Information Office’s Accreditation and Briefings Department is now taking accreditation requests to cover President of the Russian Federation’s participation in the G8 summit scheduled to take place in mid-May 2012 in the USA.

Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Protocol on Amendments to the Statutes of the Eurasian Economic Community Court of July 5, 2010, signed in Bishkek on October 10, 2011. 

The summit will take place on March 26–27, 2012 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message of congratulations to Joachim Gauck on his election as president of Germany.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the staff of the Mikhailovskoye Museum Reserve on the 90^th anniversary since its founding.

During his trip to the Samara Region, Dmitry Medvedev visited a mobile reception office, which processes letters and complaints from the public as part of the services provided by the Presidential Reception Office.

Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Artyakov discussed the socioeconomic situation in the region.

Dmitry Medvedev discussed environmental security and protection at an off-site meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. The meeting was attended by members of the Council, environmental experts and representatives of environmental organisations.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message congratulating writer Valentin Rasputin on his 75^th birthday.

Dmitry Medvedev held an expanded meeting of the Open Government proposal-drafting working group. Human resources support for the civil service was the main subject of discussion.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to King of the Belgians Albert II following the deaths of Belgian citizens in a bus crash in Switzerland.

The draft federal law On Monitoring Spending has been published on the Open Government site for public evaluation of draft laws (zakon.government.ru).

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Naina Yeltsina, widow of Russia’s First President Boris Yeltsin, on her birthday.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman following a ferry accident that has claimed many lives.

Issues discussed included state policy measures for the prevention and countering of corruption.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On the National Anti-Corruption Plan for 2012–2013 and Amendments to Certain Acts of the President of the Russian Federation on Countering Corruption.