TODAY: Medvedev signs joint statement with China denouncing US missile shield, convenes new Security Council, establishes “Order of Parental Honour”. Poland stokes tensions with Russia; British commentator angry over Russia’s Eurovision win. Putin to head Judo Federation. Whilst in China last week, President Dmitry Medvedev signed a joint statement denouncing US plans to build a missile-defense shield in Central Europe as “a setback to international trust”. “Some don’t like such strategic cooperation between our countries, but we understand that this cooperation serves the interests of our people, and we will strengthen it, regardless of whether others like it or not,” he said. Medvedev convened the new Security Council for the first time this weekend, leaving “rival” Sergei Ivanov out of the picture. In a new response to the demographic crisis, Medvedev has signed a decree establishing the “Order of Parental Honour“, with candidates including women with many children who can show they are raising them as “heroes“.