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President Medvedev’s vision of Russia’s Future - Right on ends, but wrong on means

President Medvedev’s vision of Russia’s Future
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Russian Time Zones
11:56 13/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed in his state of the nation address to consider cutting the number of time zones in the country, which spans 11 time zones.
Recipe for modernization
23:34 12/11/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev devoted the first and longest part of his address before the Federal Assembly to the long-term economic prospects. His main idea is that it is no longer possible to delay structural reforms; it is necessary to start the modernization and technological re-equipment of industry without further delay. Now it is a question of Russia's survival in the modern world.
Medvedev says Russia must rise higher on civilization ladder
19:47 12/11/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Nikolai Troitsky) – President Dmitry Medvedev’s second state of the nation address sounded more like a report by a business leader at a large economic conference. Avoiding unnecessary pathos, he enumerated the basic problems in all spheres of life in Russia and possible ways to resolve them.
Main points of Medvedev's state of the nation address
19:21 12/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered his second state of the nation address to both houses of parliament in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Thursday.
Medvedev urges incentives for leading scientists
19:00 12/11/2009
Russia must do more to attract leading scientists, both Russian and foreign, President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
Medvedev pledges to tackle corruption in Russia's North Caucasus
18:00 12/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday described the level of corruption in the country's North Caucasus as "unprecedented" and promised to takes steps to tackle the problem.
Medvedev urges relaxation of poll registration rules
16:56 12/11/2009
Russian political parties may soon be freed of the necessity to collect a set amount of signatures in order to register for parliamentary polls, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
Corrupt officials must be jailed - Medvedev
16:43 12/11/2009
Corrupt government officials must be jailed, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in his state-of-the-nation address on Thursday.
Russian military to get 30 new ICBMs, 3 nuclear subs in 2010
16:00 12/11/2009
Russia's Armed Forces are to receive 30 new ground and sea-launched ballistic missiles, three nuclear submarines, and an assortment of other weapons, the Russian president said on Thursday.
Russia needs to form its own 'Silicon Valley' - Medvedev
15:51 12/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the country must set up a research and technological development center similar to the Silicon Valley in the United States.
Russia to produce new nuclear reactors by 2014 - Medvedev
15:37 12/11/2009
Russia will produce next-generation nuclear reactors and new types of nuclear fuel by 2014, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
Russia must adopt new ideas to regain superpower status - Medvedev
14:58 12/11/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he was firmly convinced that Russia could once more achieve superpower status by adopting new ideas.

State corporations have no future - Medvedev
14:25 12/11/2009
Russian state corporations have outlived their usefulness, have no future and should be reorganized and later privatized, the Russian president said on Thursday.
Medvedev proposes cutting number of time zones in Russia
14:14 12/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed on Thursday to consider cutting the number of time zones in the country, which spans 11 time zones.
Russia to be modernized using democratic values - Medvedev
12:53 12/11/2009
Modernization of Russia in the 21st century will be based on values and institutions of democracy, the Russian president said on Thursday.
Dmitry Medvedev makes state-of-the-nation address
12:00 12/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev started making his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly (parliament) on November 12 at noon Moscow time (9:00 GMT).
Medvedev to make state-of-the-nation address November 12
20:23 07/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make his annual address to the Russian parliament on November 12, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Saturday.
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Medvedev's state-of-the-nation address - 2009
On November 12, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made his annual address to the Russian parliament








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