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Dmitry Medvedev held talks in Milan with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The President heard reports from Head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov and Minister of the Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev on the investigation into the attack on the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Plant and a report by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin on his trip to Kabardino-Balkaria. Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Arsen Kanokov also took part in the meeting.

In the course of the meeting Dmitry Medvedev informed the minister that he had signed a number of laws aimed at reforming the Interior Ministry.

President Medvedev submitted the candidacy of Mikhail Ignatyev for the post of President of the Chuvash Republic to the State Council of Chuvashia.

Dmitry Medvedev and President of Finland Tarja Halonen visited a scientific research centre on Seili Island in the Baltic Sea, near the city of Turku.

Dmitry Medvedev and President of Finland Tarja Halonen discussed a new European security architecture, developing the EU-Russia strategic partnership, including progress towards visa-free travel and the Partnership for Modernisation initiative, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and a number of regional issues.

The meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and Tarja Halonen took place at Kultaranta, the Finnish President's summer residence.

The President examined the results of the restoration work underway for the city’s 300^th anniversary.

Dmitry Medvedev discussed the current state of Russia’s judicial system and examined its development prospects with the heads of the country’s highest courts, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Justice Ministry.

Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma draft Federal Law On Security.

Dmitry Medvedev received proposals on the candidacies for the post of the President of Bashkortostan.

Following the deaths of several children in the Azov Sea and other incidents, Dmitry Medvedev instructed Pavel Astakhov to audit jointly with the Presidential Control Directorate and the Prosecutor General’s Office the legislation concerning children’s vacationing.

Dmitry Medvedev informed of having accepted the resignation of Murtaza Rakhimov.

Dmitry Medvedev and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel discussed bilateral trade and economic cooperation and the implementation of joint investment projects.

Dmitry Medvedev and Angela Merkel took part in the Petersburg Dialogue Russian-German Public Forum aimed to promote ties between Russian and German civil societies.