From right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov and Russian Civil Defense Minister Vladimir Puchkov attend the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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From right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov and Russian Civil Defense Minister Vladimir Puchkov tour an exhibition at the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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From left: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Russian Civil Defense Minister Vladimir Puchkov talk to a Civil Defense Ministry's veteran Lieutenant General Mikhailin during the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Commander of the 179th Rescue Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Lieutenant General Viktor Yatsutsenko attend the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Vladimir Puchkov, Russian Emergencies Minister, tour an exhibition at the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, decorates Colonel Vladeslav Blesnov with the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II Degree at the ceremony of presenting state awards to Civil Defense Ministry employees during the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, attends a national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014. Speaker on the left is Vladimir Puchkov, Russian Minister of Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, decorates Civil Defense Ministry employees with state awards during the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014. Right - Alexander Pertsev, deputy head of the military mine rescue unit who was awarded the honorary title "Merited Rescuer of the Russian Federation."

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, decorates Lieutenant Colonel Roman Bobrovnikov with the Medal "For Courage" at the ceremony of presenting state awards to Civil Defense Ministry employees during the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, decorates Civil Defense Ministry employees with state awards during the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014. Right - Colonel Vladislav Bolov who was given the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II Degree.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, decorates Colonel Vladeslav Blesnov with the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II Degree at the ceremony of presenting state awards to Civil Defense Ministry employees during the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, decorates Colonel Alexander Kobzev with the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I Degree at the ceremony of presenting state awards to Civil Defense Ministry employees during the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, decorates Civil Defense Ministry employees with state awards during the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014. Right - Colonel Radik Asylbayev who was awarded the order of Courage.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, front, speaks at the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, at left on the podium, speaks at the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, speaks at the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, front, speaks at the national conference summing up the 2013 performance of the unified state system of emergencies prevention and relief at the Moscow Region Government House in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, 28 January 2014.

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