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During the meeting, Dmitry Medvedev informed Alexander Bastrykin that he had signed the Executive Order on additional benefits and compensation to employees, federal civil servants and the staff of the Investigative Committee’s inquiry agencies, exercising professional activities in the North Caucasus, as well as their families.

Andrei Belyaninov briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the Federal Customs Service 2011 performance results and its current activities. In particular, the transfer to electronic document management by the FCS and other federal agencies was discussed.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Murat Zyazikov.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated President of India Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh on India’s national holiday, the Republic Day.

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

Dmitry Medvedev met in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall with medal winners at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics held on January 13–22 in Innsbruck, Austria.

Dmitry Medvedev marked Russian Students Day by discussing current national political, social and economic development issues with students from the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

This year's first meeting of the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia's Economy was devoted to improving the investment climate.

On the Russia-Abkhazia border, Dmitry Medvedev and Alexander Ankvab inspected the reconstructed Adler checkpoint and a new bridge for vehicles and pedestrians, which will open on January 25.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On the Withdrawal of the Russian Armed Forces Military Unit Taking Part in the UN Peacekeeping Operation in the Republic of Sudan.

Dmitry Medvedev discussed current Russian-Belarusian bilateral relations with Alexander Lukashenko.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan following the many lives taken by major terrorist attacks in the city of Kano.

Dmitry Medvedev, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan discussed further steps toward settling the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

Dmitry Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev discussed current Russian-Azerbaijani relations and the situation in the Caucasus region.

Dmitry Medvedev signed an executive order appointing Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov special presidential envoy for the Middle East. 

Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan discussed current Russian-Armenian cooperation matters and the regional agenda.

Dmitry Medvedev and Mahmoud Abbas discussed the prospects for developing bilateral relations and examined current issues on the regional agenda.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message to the members of the Russian Football Union congratulating them on its centennial.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on drafting Russia’s social and economic development strategy through to 2020.