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Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev and Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin before the visit to the Rodina farm in Shpakovsky District.

At the Saviour Transfiguration Monastery of Valaam, Vladimir Putin took part in a Sunday service conducted by Bishop Pankraty of Troitsk. After the service, the Prime Minister visited the Skete of Prophet Elijah located on the Island of Lembos. He took a boat to cover the 10 kilometres from the monastery to the skete. The largest wooden temple on Valaam erected in honour of Holy Prophet Elijah in 1867−1868, burned down 100 years later in 1967. The skete was restored at Vladimir Putin’s initiative and with his support.

Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as President of Russia. After taking the oath, Vladimir Putin addressed the people and then went out to Cathedral Square, accompanied by an artillery salute of 30 volleys, where he reviewed the Presidential Regiment.

The President went to the AvtoVAZ car plant, where he and Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref took a Kalina car for a test drive. The President then returned to the assembly floor to share his opinion of the car. He praised its price to performance ratio as optimal.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a lunch at the residence in Gorki, outside Moscow, on October 1, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit the disputed Kuril Islands on his next visit to Japan, a Kremlin source said on October 1 amid a growing diplomatic row over the archipelago.

President Putin meets Vicente Fox.

The acting head of state discussed the situation in the republic with representatives of the military and civilian authorities and local government. Vladimir Putin flew back on board the same Su-27 fighter jet.

Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri urged President Vladimir Putin to helo resolve Beirut's political deadlock over selection of the next president Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. Rival parliamentarv factions are to convene in Beirut on Wednesday in an attempt to elect a successor to President Emile Lahoud, although it is unclear whether the assembly can muster the two-thirds quorum needed to convene and begin voting. Since September, various attempts have failed to bring leaislators from the US backed parliament majority and the Hezbollah-led opposition, supported by Syria and Iran, to agree on a compromise presidential candidate. Hariri. son of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafk Hariri. called last month on Russia and China, which have close ties with Iran and Svria, to use their influence to prevent interference in the choice of a president. On Tuesday, he stressed the importance of strong Russian influence in the region. Putin made a landmark visit to Iran last month and has moved to reinforce Russian ties with Syria, a Soviet-era ally. Russia is a member of the "Quartet for Middle East Peace" group, alongside the US, the European Union and the UN, which is trying to broker peace in the Middle East