President Dmitry Medvedev (center) seen among Buddhist monks while visiting Kalmykia's main khurul, the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872444
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) seen among Buddhist monks while visiting Kalmykia's main khurul, the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872420
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) seen among Buddhist monks while visiting Kalmykia's main khurul, the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872419
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting Kalmykia's main khurul, the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872417
President Dmitry Medvedev (left) visiting Kalmykia's main khurul, the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872416
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting Kalmykia's main khurul, the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872414
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) visiting Kalmykia's main khurul, the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872407
President Dmitry Medvedev (center) seen among Buddhist monks while visiting Kalmykia's main khurul, the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872406
President Dmitry Medvedev (right) greeting locals at the TV Center "Romantika", March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872319
President Dmitry Medvedev buying goods at the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872318
President Dmitry Medvedev eying a lotto game box before making purchases at the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872317
President Dmitry Medvedev making purchases at the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872316
President Dmitry Medvedev buying games at the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872315
President Dmitry Medvedev (foreground) buying games at the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011. Background: the president's aide Arkady Dvorkovich, March1, 2011.01.03.2011#872314
From left: Arkady Dvorkovich, the Russian president's aide, and Alexander Zhukov, Vice-Prime Minister, seen at the conference hall of the Chess Palace before the beginning of the state employment policy meeting, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872222
President Dmitry Medvedev (right) being shown investment projects at the exhibition in the Chess Palace, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872221
Alexander Zhukov, Vice-Prime Minister, seen at the conference hall of the Chess Palace before the beginning of the state employment policy meeting, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872220
President Dmitry Medvedev conducting a visiting meeting on state employment policy at the conference hall of the Chess Palace, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872215
President Dmitry Medvedev (center, background) conducting a visiting meeting on state employment policy at the conference hall of the Chess Palace, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872214
President Dmitry Medvedev conducting a visiting meeting on state employment policy at the conference hall of the Chess Palace, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872212
President Dmitry Medvedev visiting the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872191
President Dmitry Medvedev visiting the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872190
President Dmitry Medvedev talking to a salesgirl at the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872189
President Dmitry Medvedev buying goods at the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872188
President Dmitry Medvedev talking to a salesgirl at the children's merchandise outlet in the Romantika shopping center, March 1, 2011.01.03.2011#872187
March 1, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Alexei Orlov, head of Kalmykia, meet in Elista.01.03.2011#872154
President Dmitry Medvedev (right) visiting a local producers exhibition at the Chess Palace, March 1, 2011. Left: Aleksei Orlov, Head of the Republic of Kalmykia.01.03.2011#872153
President Dmitry Medvedev (right, foreground) being shown investment projects display at the exhibition in the Chess Palace, March 1, 2011. Background: Aleksei Orlov, head of the Republic of Kalmykia.01.03.2011#872152
March 1, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev buys board games for children at the Romantika shopping mall.01.03.2011#872100
March 1, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and his aide Arkady Dvorkovich in a children's store at the Romantika shopping mall.01.03.2011#872099
March 1, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev visits a children's store at the Romantika shopping mall.01.03.2011#872098
March 1, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev buys board games at the Romantika shopping mall.01.03.2011#872097
March 1, 2011. Russian President Medvedev, front, talks to unemployed people in the National A.M.Amur-Sanan Library.01.03.2011#871933
March 1, 2011. Russian President Medvedev talks to unemployed people in A.M.Amur-Sanan Library.01.03.2011#871895
March 1, 2011. Russian President Medvedev, right, talks to unemployed people in A.M.Amur-Sanan Library.01.03.2011#871894
March 1, 2011. Russian President Medvedev talks to unemployed people in A.M.Amur-Sanan Library.01.03.2011#871893
March 1, 2011. Russian President Medvedev talks to unemployed people in A.M.Amur-Sanan Library.01.03.2011#871892
March 1, 2011. Russian President Medvedev, center, before his meeting with unemployed people in the National A.M.Amur-Sanan Library with head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexei Orlov and Russian Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova in the back.01.03.2011#871891
