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President Lee Myung-bak informed President Medvedev about the latest developments involving South Korea’s Cheonan warship after the investigative commission officially presented its findings.

During the meeting, Dmitry Medvedev stressed that Russia’s government highly appreciates the constructive and substantive dialogue that has developed between the Church and the state in recent years.

Russia’s Civic Chamber has launched the nation-wide Russia — Without Child Abuse movement.

Mr Shoigu reported that the waters in Yakutia are subsiding and that all necessary assistance is being offered to those affected by the flood.

The President and his wife, Svetlana Medvedeva, congratulated the Patriarch on his name day.

The President set the goal of bringing the share of modern arms in the Russian armed forces up to at least 30 percent by 2015.

Dmitry Medvedev met with Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

The President called Mr Bykov after the end of the World Hockey Championship and asked him to pass on his words of thanks to the Russian team for their skilled and confident play.

The social and economic situation in the region, in particular employment and wage payment issues, was the subject of discussion.