Press Bulletin #30 30.08.2010
MEETING OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND DORIS LEUTHARD (SOCHI, AUGUST 26, 2010)

During the talks, Dmitry Medvedev and Doris Leuthard focused particularly on issues of bilateral economic cooperation, including energy and high technology.

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Press Bulletin #28 14.07.2010
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV AT MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (MOSCOW, JULY 12, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Good afternoon, colleagues. In the two years that have passed since our last meeting, the world has changed significantly, although we always use that phrase – it’s a truism of sorts. Still, it is absolutely accurate when applied to the last two years.

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Press Bulletin #26 25.06.2010
ON THE G8 SUMMIT MEETING (HUNTSVILLE, CANADA, JUNE 25-26, 2010)

The 2010 G8 Summit will be held in Huntsville, Muskoka, Canada on June 25-26, 2010. The summit’s main discussions will focus on its role as one of 2010’s key events in international politics. Priorities for the G8 agenda in Muskoka and the leaders’ outcome documents include the issues of peace, security, and promoting development and accountability with regard to the G8’s earlier commitments.

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Press Bulletin #25 25.06.2010
MEETING OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF US PUBLIC, ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES (PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 24, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: I couldn't possibly read out my address at Stanford University from a hardcopy memo, so I am going to use modern communication technology.

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Press Bulletin #24 25.06.2010
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON HUMANITARIAN AID RENDERED TO KYRGYZSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE RECENT EVENTS IN KYRGYZSTAN

Since the events of April in the Kyrgyz Republic the Russian Federation has provided to it financial aid in the amount of 20 million USD on a gratuitous basis. The terms of lending another 30 million USD in the form of a preferential credit are being currently discussed.

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Press Bulletin #23 21.06.2010
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV AT THE ST PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM PLENARY SESSION, (18 JUNE, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,

Good afternoon, colleagues and friends,

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Of course we are very happy to see the upsurge in interest in our forum this year. The reasons for this are clear and it is probably not by chance that this is happening. I recall that last year, when I exchanged views with my colleagues, presidents and prime ministers of other countries, and with company executives, the mood was somewhat subdued, but today, although we still face problems, we do see an improvement in the general mood. 

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Press Bulletin #22 18.06.2010
INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEVTO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, (18 June, 2010)

ROBERT THOMSON: Mr President, thank you very much for taking your time for our interview. As regards your plans to visit the United States, what do you want to achieve during this visit? Secondly, what, in your opinion, has changed in particular in the relations with the new President?

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV:What do I want to achieve during the visit to the United States of America? I would like to continue our communication with President Obama. I would like to consolidate those positive trends which have emerged in the Russia-US dialogue. It is no secret that even several years ago the dialogue degraded practically to a very low level, and we barely escaped the Cold War. That was a very sad situation, which, in my view, had a negative impact on both the Americans and Russians. Recently we have managed to restore full-fledged relations and achieved a number of quite concrete results, suffice it to mention our concurrent efforts to resolve international problems: the signing of the START-III Treaty, our projects, which we are now trying to implement, and a number of other points on which we have reached a better understanding.

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Press Bulletin #21 08.06.2010
JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH GERMAN FEDERAL CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL FOLLOWING RUSSIAN-GERMAN TALKS (MESEBERG, 5 JUNE, 2010)

FEDERAL CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY ANGELA MERKEL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,

I am pleased the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev is paying us this visit, and that since yesterday evening we have been having detailed and substantive talks.

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Press Bulletin #20 02.06.2010
NEWS CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOSE MANUEL BARROSO AND PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE HERMAN VAN ROMPUY FOLLOWING RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT (ROSTOV-ON DON, 1 JUNE, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Ladies and gentlemen,

First and foremost, I would like to thank the European Union leaders for the productive work we had at the anniversary, 25th, Russia-EU summit.

This meeting, the first after the signing of the Lisbon Treaty on reforming the European Union, was concrete, substantive, intense, and it proceeded in a friendly atmosphere. And of course the atmosphere of confidence that prevailed at this meeting helped us resolve a whole range of issues.

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Press Bulletin #18 20.05.2010
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV AT MEETING OF RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION (KIEV, MAY 18, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Mr President, Ukrainian colleagues, meeting participants,

Today, the Russian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission is meeting for the third time, and this meeting is taking place in a rather different situation. As Mr Yanukovych just stated, it is occurring amid an active restoration of the relations between our nations. We discussed this during our one-on-one conversation, and I hope that this meeting will turn a new leaf in the development of our relations.

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Press Bulletin #17 18.05.2010
JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA (THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, MAY 14, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Ladies and gentlemen,

I am truly happy to receive here in Moscow the President of Brazil, Mr Lula da Silva. We had, as we usually do, full-fledged negotiations.

I'm sincerely happy that we are holding talks today with Brazilian President, Mr Lula da Silva. Our discussions show that, on almost all issues, we are moving forward, not to mention the foreign policy dimension, where our countries hold very similar positions on international developments, on what to do in various crisis situations.

I would like to note that our meeting is taking place almost immediately after the recent celebrations in Russia marking the 65th anniversary of Victory. Brazil was the only country in Latin America whose soldiers were on the battlefield participating in the defeat of Nazism in Europe. And paying tribute to all those who fought on WWII frontlines, we adopted today a joint declaration. This is actually very important; it unites us, and this indicates that we are ready to continue fighting for justice on our planet.

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Press Bulletin #16 12.05.2010
JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH PRESIDENT OF SYRIA BASHAR AL-ASSAD FOLLOWING RUSSIAN-SYRIAN TALKS (DAMASCUS, MAY 11, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC BASHAR AL-ASSAD (retranslated): Once again, I want to welcome my great friend, President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, whose visit is the first by a Soviet or Russian head of state to the Syrian Arab Republic. This is therefore a historical event indeed, an event that reflects the high level our cooperation has reached and the mutual understanding our countries have forged over these decades during which we have received Russia’s support on issues of direct concern to Syria.

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Info-Digest May 04, 2010 #22
Joint News Conference following Russian-Danish Talks, Copenhagen, April 28, 2010
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Ladies and gentlemen,
This visit is truly historic. Several times today, we mentioned Nikita Khrushchev and finally agreed that according to the USSR laws he was not the head of state, so he was not here on a state visit.
Therefore in the entire history of our relations this is probably the first state visit of a Russian leader, and I am pleased to make it. It is truly important for our relationship.

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Press Bulletin #15 27.04.2010 INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH STEFFEN KRETZ, DANISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION’S SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EDITOR AND ANCHOR OF TV NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME (APRIL 22, 2010) (PUBLISHED APRIL 26, 2010)

STEFFEN KRETZ: Thank you very much for allowing us to meet with you to conduct this interview. We are looking forward to your visit to Denmark next week.

Recently, Denmark approved the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. What does this Danish approval of the pipeline’s construction mean for Russia?

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Press Bulletin #14 26.04.2010 JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH (KHARKOV, UKRAINE, APRIL 21, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH: Mr President, dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,

Today we have done what we promised to do and taken an important step or, we might say, turned a new page in relations between Ukraine and Russia. We have signed two agreements that are very important for our countries, our economies and the citizens of both Ukraine and Russia.

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Info-Digest April 21, 2010 #19
Answers of President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev to Questions from Russian Journalists, Brasilia, April 16, 2010
QUESTION: We have noted your very intensive contacts with your Ukrainian colleagues of late. You even found time to meet in Washington. We also noted that the Ukrainians did no forget to raise the issue of the price of Russian gas at this meeting. When can we expect to see this issue settled, and will this happen at the next meeting of the [Russian-Ukrainian] Intergovernmental Commission, or will it come earlier?

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Press Bulletin #12 15.04.2010 JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER (BUENOS AIRES, APRIL 15, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER: Good evening. It is a great pleasure to receive the President of the Russian Federation here in Argentina.

This is the first visit by a Russian president to the Republic of Argentina. This visit comes as Argentina celebrates the 200th anniversary of its statehood, and as we mark 125 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries.

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Press Bulletin #11 14.04.2010 INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV WITH АВСNEWS TV CHANNEL (APRIL 12, 2010)

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Mr President,

Thank you very much for having us in St Petersburg. This is going to be an interview played to a very broad American audience, and I just want to get your view - what’s the single most important thing that an average American needs to know about Russia today?

DMITRY MEDVEDEV: That Russia is a normal and modern country, like America.

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Press Bulletin #10 09.04.2010 PRESS STATEMENT AFTER SIGNING OF RUSSIA-US TREATY ON REDUCTION AND LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS (PRAGUE, APRIL 8, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Ladies and gentlemen, I fully agree with what my colleague President Obama has just said, that in this hall a few minutes ago a historic event really did occur: the signing of a new Russia-US Treaty on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. This ten-year agreement will govern what happens in the near future. It replaces the Treaty on strategic offensive arms that has now expired [START 1] and the other Treaty, the Russia-US Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty [SORT].

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Press Bulletin #08 30.03.2010 TRANSCRIPT OF SPECIAL MEETING FOLLOWING TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE MOSCOW METRO (THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, MARCH 29, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Two terrorist attacks were committed in the Moscow metro this morning. Let us first of all honour the victims’ memory with a minute of silence.

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Press Bulletin #07 09.03.2010 NEWS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN TALKS (THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, MARCH 5, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: I would like to say a couple of words about what we did today before we take questions from the media. But before I do that, I want once again, in the presence of all the media representatives from Russia and Ukraine, to congratulate Mr Yanukovych on his official assumption of office as President.

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Press Bulletin #06 04.03.2010 NEWS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING RUSSIAN-FRENCH TALKS (PARIS, MARCH 1, 2010)

I want to say a few words about our conversation. Of course, I am speaking in the presence of Mr Medvedev and then he will speak. I think that we have very similar views on major issues.

Iran. President Medvedev has told me that he is ready to discuss the issue of sanctions provided, of course, that these sanctions do not result in a humanitarian catastrophe.

On the issue of a Middle East settlement, Russia and France will work together. We are convinced that doing nothing will result in disaster.

Regarding the G20, as you know France will take the chair, as in the G8 at the end of this year. Together with Mr Medvedev we will put forward an initiative on how to establish a new framework for a financial and monetary system.

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Press Bulletin #05 25.02.2010 INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION DMITRY MEDVEDEV TO THE FRENCH MAGAZINE PARIS MATCH (GORKI, MOSCOW REGION) (RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 18, 2010) (FEBRUARY 25, 2010)

OLIVIER ROYANT: Mr. President, thank you very much for receiving us today at your residence. In a few days you will celebrate the second anniversary of your election to the post of the President, and you will actually be in Paris. This year is the year of Russia in France, and it is a very important moment.

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Press Bulletin #04 18.02.2010 NEWS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING RUSSIAN-ABKHAZIAN SUMMIT (THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 17, 2010)

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Mr President, colleagues, media representatives,

The official part of the President of Abkhazia’s visit to Russia is over. It might sound like a commonplace thing to say, but this visit really does mark a new milestone in Russian-Abkhazian relations. The documents we have just signed are evidence. There are a number of them and they cover practically all areas of our cooperation – the economy, in particular the transport sector, migration, defence. I hope that these agreements will serve as a base for even more intensive development of our economic ties.

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Press Bulletin #03 11.02.2010 TRANSCRIPT OF SPEECH BY RUSSIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SERGEY LAVROV AT THE 46TH MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The dramatic changes in the world over the past twenty years could not but influence the international agenda. We are now faced with the question of its transformation and change. The obvious improvement in the atmosphere in Euro-Atlantic politics, where the demand for confrontational approaches has fallen seriously, also prompts this.

But it is difficult to call normal the situation where the politico-military realities in the Euro-Atlantic area are far behind the contemporary economic, technological, trade, investment and other processes of globalization and interdependence, which occur in the world today.

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Press Bulletin #02 27.01.2010 TRANSCRIPT OF REMARKS AND RESPONSE TO MEDIA QUESTIONS BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SERGEY LAVROV AT PRESS CONFERENCE TO SUM UP RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY ACTIVITIES IN 2009 (MOSCOW, JANUARY 22, 2010)

Ladies and Gentlemen

Colleagues

Today we are, without exaggeration, at a very crucial stage of modern history as a 20-year transition period in world affairs draws to a close before our eyes, a new coordinate system emerges, the basis for a polycentric system of international relations gets shaped, and a multi-polar reality takes root at all levels. Perhaps the clearest sign of this was last year’s formation of the Group of Twenty.

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Press Bulletin #01 13.01.2010 TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEY LAVROV TO RUSSIA TODAY TV CHANNEL (MOSCOW, 25 DECEMBER, 2009)

Question: Good afternoon, Sergey Viktorovich, thank you for your time. In 2009 we’ve seen a number of major changes in the Russian-US relations. The missile defense program in Europe has been halted, and we are expecting a new START treaty any time soon. If we continue working at the same pace, what’s going to happen in a year? Which issues are on the agenda of the Russian-US relations in 2010?

Sergey Lavrov: I believe this year is characterized not only by the changes that have taken place within the U.S. leadership, although they do represent some of important events of the outgoing year, primarily in what it concerns the conceptual statements made by President Obama about the need to work on the collective basis and about the fact that no single country today can dictate its will to others… We have welcomed this position and we are working to have precisely the equitable approach assert itself in bilateral Russian-U.S. relations. We are succeeding in doing this; at least the atmosphere that we have in the dialogue with America is totally different by comparison with what it was under the previous administration.

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