Medvedev signed a decree on the holding of the year of youth in 2009
12:36 // 09/22/2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the holding of youth in the country in 2009, according to the Kremlin website. The year of youth will be held "in order to develop the creative, scientific and professional potential of youth, its active involvement of socio-economic transformations in the country, to educate a sense of patriotism and civic responsibility in young people," the decree of the head of state said.