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Dmitry Medvedev and President of the United States Barack Obama discussed bilateral economic cooperation and Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organisation.

Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller informed Dmitry Medvedev over the telephone that Belarus had fully settled its overdue payments for Russian gas supplies, and gas deliveries to Belarus had been resumed.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions issued following a meeting of the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia's Economy of June 19, 2010.

Dmitry Medvedev met with representatives of US public organisations and academic and business circles at Stanford University.

Dmitry Medvedev invited the meeting participants to share their vision of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre being built near Moscow, and the way its activities should be organised.

Dmitry Medvedev visited a Silicon Valley branch of the Russian company Yandex.

Dmitry Medvedev met with Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs.

Dmitry Medvedev oversaw the signing of an agreement of mutual understanding between the Foundation for Development for the Skolkovo Centre for Research and Commercialisation of New Technologies and Cisco Systems, Inc. regarding cooperation in developing and implementing information and communication technologies.

The President’s tour of Silicon Valley began with a visit to the offices of Twitter Incorporated.

In Twitter’s offices Mr Medvedev opened an official account on the Twitter social network: 

in Russian – @KremlinRussia, and

in English – @KremlinRussia_E.

The missile cruiser is currently in San Francisco on an unofficial friendly visit.

Dmitry Medvedev noted that California is one of the USA’s most economically advanced states and stressed Russia’s interest in promoting active contacts between Russian businesses and Silicon Valley companies to support Russia’s plans to build an innovation centre in Skolkovo.

Dmitry Medvedev sent to the State Duma expert opinions on draft laws amending the law regulating coal production, the law on subsoil resources, laws on higher education and science, and also the Town-Planning Code and various legislative acts.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions issued following a meeting with Chechnya’s leadership on June 14, 2010.

Dmitry Medvedev issued explicit instructions, including to Gazprom management, in connection with Belarus' decision to block the transit of Russian gas to Europe through its territory.

The agenda of the President’s upcoming visits to the United States and Canada and the G8 and G20 summits were discussed.

Dmitry Medvedev had working meetings with Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, which were attended by newly appointed commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Sergei Karakayev and First Deputy Defence Minister Vladimir Popovkin.

The President honoured the memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall.

Dmitry Medvedev met with President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek.