.Medvedev arrives in San Francisco, to visit Silicon Valley.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
has arrived in San Francisco. Here he will meet Californian governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger, after which the two leaders will attend the signing
ceremony of a memorandum on cooperation between the Renova company and the
authorities of California.
This refers to a document which will make it possible to preserve in a
serviceable condition Fort Ross, the unique landmark of Russian
participation in the exploration of America. This former Russian
settlement and a wooden fortress, located 80 km north of San Francisco,
was founded by the Russo-American Company in 1812 for fur-trade.
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.Restoration efforts continue in Kyrgyzstan's Osh.

BISHKEK, June 23 (Itar-Tass) - Restoration efforts will continue on
Wednesday in the regional centre of Kyrgyzstan Osh that was swept by mass
disorders, rioting, murders and arsons for several days, the commandant's
office of the regional centre told Itar-Tass.
"The opening of trade outlets and resumption of the work of all
utility services is an important task for us at present," the commandant's
office said. Another task is to provide humanitarian aid to residents of
the city districts.
Meanwhile, the situation in Osh with a population of 500,000 is
gradually returning to normal. Buses, trolleybuses and minibus taxis have
appeared in the streets. The municipal authorities have promised to fully
restore the public transport work after all streets are cleared of
barricades and all stolen buses are returned. A total of 96 burnt cars
that impeded traffic have been removed from the city streets. The
barricades were built by residents of separate districts at the beginning
of the conflict in order to prevent the arrival of rioters and looters in
their territory.
"Shops are already functioning in the regional centre, trade outlets
and mini markets are working, banks and other organisations have begun
operation," commandant of the region Baktybek Alymbekov said on Tuesday.
"The local self-government bodies have organised the sanitary cleaning of
the city, public utility services are removing garbage."
At the same time the official admitted that the main headache for the
law enforcement bodies now is arms seized in large amounts by the local
population during the clashes. The authorities have promised not to bring
to criminal responsibility persons who voluntarily surrender arms and
ammunition.
Meanwhile, refugees have begun to return to Osh and the Jalal-Abad
region from neighbouring Uzbekistan, which testifies to the normalisation
of the situation and areas of the recent standoff. According to official
data, about 53,000 from some 110,000 Kyrgyzstan's citizens of Uzbek
nationalities who became refugees have already returned to Kyrgyzstan from
Uzbekistan. As many as 4,000-5,000 refugees are daily crossing the
Kyrgyz-Uzbek border to return to their homes.
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.RF delegation at PACE protests over Zakayev presence at session.

STRASBOURG, June 23 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has declared a
protest to the Assembly President Mevlut Cavusoglu over the presence in
the Palace of the Council of Europe at a meeting of the spring session of
emissary of Chechen separatists Akhmed Zakayev, deputy head of the Russian
delegation, first deputy head of the international affairs committee of
the State Duma lower house of parliament Leonid Slutsky told Itar-Tass.
According to him, the protest was made in a verbal form at a meeting
of the PACE head with the leadership of the RF delegation. "Zakayev
entered the Palace of the Council of Europe under an assumed name. There
is no name "Zakayev" in its computer security system," Slutsky said.
He also stated that the RF permanent delegation in Strasbourg is also
readying to declare its protest to CE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland,
as security services of the Palace of the Council of Europe are under his
personal control.
Zakayev was present on a balcony in the PACE plenary meetings' hall
during the discussion of a report on human rights in the North Caucasus,
as well as actively communicated with the press.
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