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The results of work done so far and the next steps in establishing an international financial centre in the country were the subjects on the agenda.

Sergei Shoigu briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the evacuation of Russian citizens and employees of Russian companies from Libya.

Dmitry Medvedev took part in the conference marking 150 years since the abolition of serfdom in Russia and laid a wreath at the tomb of Alexander II in St Peter and Paul Cathedral.

Dmitry Medvedev met with Chief Executive Officer of French oil and gas company Total Christophe de Margerie. The meeting was attended by Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom Alexei Miller.

By a presidential executive order Mr Gorbachev was awarded the Order of St Andrew the Apostle.

During a meeting with Interior Minister, Dmitry Medvedev informed Rashid Nurgaliyev of signing several executive orders in connection with the new law.

The meeting focused on one of the Commission’s biggest projects – introduction of a universal electronic card (UEC) that will be used to provide state and municipal services to the population.

Dmitry Medvedev and King Juan Carlos I of Spain opened the Year of Russia in Spain and the Year of Spain in Russia.

Dmitry Medvedev and King Juan Carlos I of Spain discussed cooperation opportunities in the oil, gas, energy, transport infrastructure, light industry, and tourism sectors with Russian and Spanish business community representatives.

Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Vekselberg reviewed the progress made on the Skolkovo Innovation Centre.

The towns received this honorary title for the courage, steadfast spirit, and mass heroism their defenders showed in the fight for their Fatherland’s freedom and independence. Mr Medvedev signed the orders conferring the titles in November 2010.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated service members, veterans, and civil personnel in the Armed Forces and their families on the national holiday, Defender of the Fatherland Day.

The meeting was attended by the heads of special services and security agencies, a number of federal ministers, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoys to the Federal Districts, regional governors of the North Caucasus Federal District and the heads of the region’s law enforcement agencies.

Dmitry Medvedev discussed with officers and their spouses reforms of the Armed Forces and social conditions for the servicemen’s families.

Aldar Tsydenzhapov has been posthumously decorated with the Gold Hero of Russia Star for preventing an explosion aboard the destroyer Bystry.

Dmitry Medvedev presented orders, medals, and certificates conferring honorary titles to 36 Russian Federation citizens.

Dmitry Medvedev took part in a national coordination meeting of heads of law enforcement agencies. The main subjects on the agenda were counterterrorism security, fighting organised crime, combating corruption and extremism, and bolstering public law and order.

The meeting examined measures to ensure security during the 2014 Sochi Olympics and Paralympics. Cooperation between Russia and NATO was the subject of a separate discussion.