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Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Russian Federation Prosecutor General's Office Committee of Inquiry to document crimes committed in South Ossetia in order to prosecute the perpetrators August 10, 2008, 18:30 Gorki, Moscow Region

Dmitry Medvedev held a working meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin August 10, 2008, 03:30 Gorki, Moscow Region

August 9, 2008, Saturday

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of the United States George W. Bush August 9, 2008, 17:00

Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu to fly to South Ossetia August 9, 2008, 13:00

The head of state held a meeting on providing humanitarian assistance to the population of South Ossetia August 9, 2008, 11:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Dmitry Medvedev met with Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, and the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Nikolai Makarov August 9, 2008, 10:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 8, 2008, Friday

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel August 8, 2008, 23:00

Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Government to organise humanitarian aid for those affected by the escalation of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict August 8, 2008, 17:45

Dmitry Medvedev held an emergency meeting with permanent members of the Security Counsil on the situation in South Ossetia August 8, 2008, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Dmitry Medvedev made a statement on the situation in South Ossetia August 8, 2008, 10:43

August 7, 2008, Thursday

In Kazan Dmitry Medvedev watched a presentation concerning the 27th Summer World Student Games, which will be held in 2013 August 7, 2008, 21:10

Dmitry Medvedev instructed his plenipotentiary envoy in the Southern Federal District, Vladimir Ustinov, to personally oversee the investigation into the explosion in Sochi August 7, 2008, 13:50

Dmitry Medvedev examined the organisational plans for the 27th World Summer Student Games (Universiade) that will take place in the capital of Tatarstan in 2013 August 7, 2008, 12:10 Kazan

August 6, 2008, Wednesday

Dmitry Medvedev met with President of Chuvashia Nikolai Fyodorov August 6, 2008, 19:30 Cheboksary

Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree 'On immortalising the memory of Alexander Solzhenitsyn' August 6, 2008, 16:00

Alexander Solzhenitsyn has been buried at Donskoi Monastery cemetery August 6, 2008, 13:00 Moscow

August 5, 2008, Tuesday

Dmitry Medvedev signed the Order 'On Signing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' August 5, 2008, 20:00

Dmitry Medvedev signed an order appointing Georgii Matyushkin as the Russian Federation's representative to the European Court of Human Rights and Deputy Justice Minister August 5, 2008, 19:20

August 4, 2008, Monday

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of India Pratibha Patil and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following the tragic deaths in the state of Himachal Pradesh August 4, 2008, 14:30

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences at the passing of Alexander Solzhenitsyn to the writer's widow and sons August 4, 2008, 09:00

"We remember the lessons of World War II and will never agree with the distortion of those events or attempts to justify the murderers and slander the true victors."

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