July 20, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel (r) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (l) at St.Petersburg Dialogue session in Munich
 

July 20, 2009. Russian President`s Cup Horse Race in Moscow. Russian President`s Cup Horse Race is also a traditional informal meeting place of CIS States leaders. Pictured: l-r President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin , President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon , President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliev , Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (c), President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan (r) attend the event at Moscow Hippodrome
 

July 10, 2009. G8 summit in L`Aquila , Italy. Pictured: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (l)
 

July 07, 2009. US President Barack Obama visits Moscow. Pictured: US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (r) in Kremlin
 

July 07, 2009. US President Barack Obama visits Moscow. Pictured: US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (r) at the press conference in Kremlin
 

July 06, 2009. U.S and Russia Need to Reset Relation : an action held in central Moscow prior the visit of the U.S. President Barack Obama to Moscow.Pictured: a man holding portrait of President Obama
 

July 01, 2009. l-r Former speaker of Belarus Parliament Stanislav Shushkevich, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus and President of Poland Lech Kaczynski at Lublin Catholic University for the ce;ebrations of 440th anniversary of Lublin Unia in Lublin city , Poland
 

June 24, 2009. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev visits the Netherlands.Pictured:President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev with his wife Svetlana (c) meeting with Dutch Queen Beatrix (l) and Crown Princess of the Netherlands Maxima (r)
 

June 23, 2009. The Day of Memory and Sorrow in Russia in commemoration of the vistims of World War II. Pictured: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a ceremony of laying flowers at the Unknown Soldier Tomb in Aleksandrovsky Garden of Moscow
 

June 22, 2009. Georgian navy lieutenant, Alik Bzhania , who defected to Russia seeking political asylum, has said his decision was prompted not by fear of threats, but disagreement with Georgian President Saakashvili’s policies. Pictured: Georgian navy lieutenant Alik Bzhania at the press conference in Moscow showing his military identification card
 

June 22, 2009. Central Europe Summit 2009 held in Novi Sad of Serbia. Pictured: President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (l) and President of Poland Lech Kaczynski (r) at the talks
 

June 22, 2009. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev visits the Netherlands.Pictured:President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev at themeeting with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (l)
 

June 22, 2009. President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has been badly wounded in an assassination attempt. An explosion hit presidential convoy near the city of Nazran, officials say.Three bodyguards are reported to have been killed, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has been taken to hospital. Ingushetia , which neighbours Chechnya, has seen an increase in violence in recent years. Pictured: President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov attending the conference in Moscow
 

June 19, 2009. President of Serbia Boris Tadic visits Ukraine. Pictured: President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko welcomes President of Serbia Boris Tadic (r) in Kuiv, Ukraine
 

June 18, 2009. China`s President Hu Jintao (l) met with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev (r), and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (not pictured) in Moscow to discuss bilateral economic contacts and energy cooperation