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Darts in Odesa

ODESA, UKRAINE - JULY 25, 2023 - The photographs of Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov are being used as targets in the Darts Tribunal game in Arcadia, Odesa, southern Ukraine.

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Darts in Odesa

ODESA, UKRAINE - JULY 25, 2023 - The photographs of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev are being used as targets in the Darts Tribunal game in Arcadia, Odesa, southern Ukraine.

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CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-RUSSIA-DMITRY MEDVEDEV-MEETING (CN)

(221221) -- BEIJING, Dec. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, meets with Chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev, who visits China at the invitation of the CPC, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

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CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-RUSSIA-DMITRY MEDVEDEV-MEETING (CN)

(221221) -- BEIJING, Dec. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, meets with Chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev, who visits China at the invitation of the CPC, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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Ex-Japanese PM Hatoyama to visit Russia

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks about a plan to visit Russia in September during a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 18, 2010. Hatoyama said he hopes to talk with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over disputed Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, called the Northern Territories in Japan.

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East Asia Summit in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - The ninth East Asia Summit is held in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Nov. 13, 2014. The participants include Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean President Park Geun Hye, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

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East Asia Summit in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Leaders attending the ninth East Asia Summit gather for group photos in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Nov. 13, 2014. The participants include Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean President Park Geun Hye, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Medvedev in China

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (2nd from L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) hold a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Medvedev in China

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Medvedev in China

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang exchange words at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Medvedev in China

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Medvedev in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (back) talks to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a welcoming ceremony for Medvedev at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Medvedev in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attend a welcoming ceremony for Medvedev at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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G-8 leaders at Camp David

CAMP DAVID, United States - Attendees of a two-day summit of the Group of Eight countries, (from L) European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, U.S. President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, line up for a photo session at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David, Maryland, on May 19, 2012.

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Japanese bass awarded by Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) awards the Pushkin Medal to Japanese operatic bass Chikara Kishimoto at the presidential official residence in the suburbs of Moscow on Feb. 17, 2012.

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Japanese bass awarded by Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Japanese operatic bass Chikara Kishimoto shake hands as the former awards the Pushkin Medal to the latter at the presidential official residence in the suburbs of Moscow on Feb. 17, 2012.

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Japanese quake-hit students invited to Kremlin

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana (5th from R in front) and a group of Japanese high school and university students pose at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2011. The group of students who lost family members in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami visited the seat of Russia's presidential office at the invitation of the president's wife.

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Japanese quake-hit students invited to Kremlin

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana (R) shakes hands with a high school student at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2011. A group of 17 Japanese high school and university students who lost family members in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami visited the seat of Russia's presidential office at the invitation of the president's wife.

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APEC leaders meet in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - (From L) U.S. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are seen at the venue of a summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 13, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan-Russia summit talks in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 12, 2011, prior to holding talks. Noda expressed eagerness to enhance cooperation in various fields, including security and energy development. (Pool Photo)

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Kim Jong Il's train arrives in China

MANZHOULI, China - A special train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his entourage arrives at Manzhouli Station in China, on the border with Russia, on Aug. 25, 2011, after a summit meeting between Kim and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Siberia the previous day.

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Kim Jong Il's train arrives in China

MANZHOULI, China - A special train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his entourage arrives at Manzhouli Station in China, on the border with Russia, on Aug. 25, 2011, after a summit meeting between Kim and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Siberia the previous day.

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Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Attendants of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il watch him after a special train carrying them arrived at a railway station in Ulan-Ude, Russia, on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to visit the Siberian city the following day, apparently to hold summit talks with Kim, according to a Russian government source.

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Ulan-Ude station in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Photo shows Ulan-Ude railway station in Russia decorated with Russian (R) and North Korean flags on Aug. 22, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to hold summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the Siberian city on Aug. 23, a source in the Russian president's office said Aug. 22.

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Kim Jong Il's train travels toward eastern Siberia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A special train apparently carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is shown running through a coastal area of the Russian Far East on Aug. 20, 2011. The train made a brief stop the following morning at Khabarovsk en route to the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, where the North Korean leader is scheduled to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Kim Jong Il in Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il runs in a coastal area of the Russian Far East on Aug. 20, 2011. Kim is expected to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Disaster-hit Japanese teenagers in Russian Far East

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Junior and senior high school students from the disaster-hit Japanese prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi pose for group photos after arriving at Vladivostok airport in the Russian Far East on Aug. 18, 2011. Their trip was made possible after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana, proposed that children from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami be invited to Russia.

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Russian official in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Sergei Naryshkin (L), head of the Russian Presidential Executive Office, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, as Hatoyama received a friendship medal from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in appreciation of his contribution to promoting bilateral ties.

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Kan, Medvedev meet after G-8 summit

DEAUVILLE, France - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hold bilateral talks on May 27, 2011, covering the longstanding territorial row and other issues shortly after a two-day Group of Eight summit meeting in the French seaside resort of Deauville. (Pool Photo)

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Kan, Medvedev meet after G-8 summit

DEAUVILLE, France - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meet for talks on May 27, 2011, to discuss a longstanding territorial row and other issues shortly after a two-day Group of Eight summit meeting in the French seaside resort of Deauville. (Pool Photo)

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G-8 summit in France

DEAUVILLE, France - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from R, middle row), Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (3rd from R, middle row), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (4th from R, middle row), Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (4th from L, middle row), British Prime Minister David Cameron (3rd from L, middle row), U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd from R, front row), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (5th from R, front row) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (3rd from L, front row) line up with other officials during a photo session at a Group of Eight summit meeting in Deauville, France, on May 27, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Kan at G-8 summit in France

DEAUVILLE, France - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan waves as he walks in front of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the venue for a two-day Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France, on May 26, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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G-8 summit in France

DEAUVILLE, France - (From L) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy chat at the Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France, on May 26, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Family on Russian-held island visited by Medvedev

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Vyacheslav Nodirov (L), a welder on Kunashiri Island, and his family are photographed Jan. 21, 2011, at their home on the island, one of four subject to a territorial dispute between Russia and Japan. He was visited by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in November 2010.

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Russian map of disputed isles

MOSCOW, Russia - A member of pro-Kremlin Russian youth group Nashi shows a map marking four-Russian held islands off Hokkaido -- called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia -- as Russian territory, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow on Feb. 7, 2011. The group, angered by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's criticism earlier that day of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit last November to one of the islands, attempted unsuccessfully to give the map to Kan via the embassy. The group said they will mail it to the Japanese government.

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Kan raps Medvedev's isle visit as 'unforgivable outrage'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at an annual rally to press for the early return to Japan of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2011, designated as Northern Territories Day in Japan. Kan criticized Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit the previous November to one of the four islands claimed by Japan as an ''unforgivable outrage.''

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Japanese ambassador to Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2010, at Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture shows Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono. The Japanese government is considering replacing Kono over his information gathering on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's November visit to a disputed island, sources said Dec. 23, 2010.

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Maehara views disputed isles

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, aboard a Japan Coast Guard plane, views Russian-held islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido on Dec. 4, 2010. Maehara, who flew near the islands after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Kunashiri Island, reiterated Japan's resolve to settle the territorial dispute with Russia. (Pool Photo)

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Kan, Medvedev at APEC summit

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Yokohama on Nov. 13, 2010, the first day of two-day meeting. Leaders of the region will try to realize a regionwide free trade area and allow members to pursue a better quality of growth. (Pool Photo)

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Kan-Medvedev near miss at G-20 summit

SEOUL, South Korea - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan pose for photos of the Group of 20 summit in Seoul on Nov. 12, 2010. Kan and Medvedev took part in the event at a time bilateral ties were strained following Medvedev's unprecedented visit as a Russian leader to a Japan-claimed island off Hokkaido.

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Kan-Medvedev near miss at G-20 summit

SEOUL, South Korea - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) walks past Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan before a photo session of the Group of 20 summit in Seoul on Nov. 12, 2010. Kan and Medvedev took part in the event at a time bilateral ties were strained following Medvedev's unprecedented visit as a Russian leader to a Japan-claimed island off Hokkaido.

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Russian President Medvedev and S. Korean President Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak chat at a venue for a joint press conference at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Nov. 10, 2010.

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Russian President Medvedev and S. Korean President Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak shake hands after a joint press conference at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Nov. 10, 2010.

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Recalled Japanese ambassador returning to Moscow

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono is leaving Narita airport near Tokyo for Moscow on Nov. 7, 2010. Japan had Kono return to Moscow after recalling him following Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Kunashiri Island off Hokkaido, one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

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Japan warns Medvedev over island visit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters after meeting with Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2010. Maehara warned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev not to make additional visits to the disputed islands off Hokkaido.

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Envoy to Russia returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 3, 2010. Kono came back to Japan in the wake of a bilateral rift following a visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

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Envoy to Russia returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 3, 2010. Kono came back to Japan in the wake of a bilateral rift following a visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010, announcing that the Japanese ambassador to Russia will temporarily return home to brief the government on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to a Russian-held island off Hokkaido claimed by Japan.

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Japan protests Medvedev's island visit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara is questioned by reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2010. Maehara summoned Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Bely to protest Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Kunashiri Island, one of a group of Russian-held but Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido. Maehara said at a Diet committee meeting that the first-ever visit by a leader of Russia or the former Soviet Union to the island hurts Japanese public sentiment.

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Medvedev visits disputed island

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) is surrounded by employees at a kindergarten on Kunashiri Island, one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, on Nov. 1, 2010. Japan protested the visit. (Photo provided by a resident of Kunashiri Island)