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Viktor Vekselberg, the coordinator of the Russian part of the Skolkovo innovation centre project, briefed the President on the progress of the project implementation.

The main subject of discussion was the progress achieved in implementing projects in the field of telecommunications and information technologies, in particular the development in Russia of digital broadcasting, the provision of high-speed broadband Internet access, and the development of telemedicine.

Dmitry Medvedev and President of Turkey Abdullah Gul took part in Russian-Turkish Business Forum.

The meeting was held within the framework of the official visit of the Russian President in Ankara.

The President of Russia awarded the Patriarch the Order of Friendship.

Attending the reception at the Kremlin were Great Patriotic War veterans and foreign heads of state, who came to Moscow to take part in the 65^th anniversary of Victory celebrations.

The summit adopted two joint documents: a statement by the CSTO member states on the situation in Kyrgyzstan, and a statement by the member states regarding the conclusion of the Russian-US Treaty on Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Weapons. 

Dmitry Medvedev and Bronislaw Komorowski discussed the ongoing investigation of the Polish President’s plane crash near Smolensk.

The monument was unveiled by Hero of Russia Vyacheslav Sipko and twice Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Odintsov in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.