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Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin took part in a conference of heads of supreme courts of Russia’s republics and courts of regions, territories, autonomous districts, military and naval districts to review the general jurisdiction courts’ performance in 2010, and the tasks for 2011.

Mr Naryshkin received Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara, who is in Moscow on a working visit.

In response to journalists’ questions about Russia’s reaction to the statements made by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan regarding President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev’s recent visit to the Kuril Islands, Presidential Aide Sergei Prikhodko said:

International cooperation and bilateral strategic partnership were the subjects of discussion.

The conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted a package of decisions that essentially form an action plan for concluding a global agreement on reducing the manmade burden on the climate after 2012.

Sergei Naryshkin made a working visit to Tokyo on December 9–10, 2010 and met with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, member of Parliament and former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, public figures and business leaders.

Sergei Naryshkin made a working visit to Chisinau on December 4–5, 2010 and met with the Moldovan leadership and the leaders of some political parties.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin visited Yerevan at Armenia’s invitation.

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Vladislav Surkov took part in the conference The Social Dimension of Modernisation.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin had a working meeting with leader of the Kyrgyzstan’s Republic party Omurbek Babanov.

Presidential Aide and Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change Alexander Bedritsky took part in New York in the first meeting of the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

On September 7–9, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin travelled to Irkutsk on a working visit.

Anatoly Kvashnin was relieved of his position as Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District following his appointment to another job.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order appointing Yevgeny Yuryev Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Medvedev approved list of instructions resulting from meeting on economic issues of April 20, 2010.