The special two-day conference of Russian Dermatoscopy Society was organized during 2EAAD Congress in Moscow on March 22 and 23, 2012. About 150 dermatologists and oncologists attended to Society breakout sessions and symposia. On March 22, the 1st Russian consensus meeting on dermatoscopy nomenclature was convened with intense discussion following preliminary online voting by over 300 clinicians. On March 23, the Head of Russian Dermatoscopy Initiative, Vasily Y. Sergeev MD, Ph.D. declared the successfull completion of 2009-2012 programme of Russian Dermatoscopy Society, resulting with serial production of RDS-1 HD multispectral videodermatoscope and development of national teledermoscopy network. The device was on display at the Society booth during 2EAAD.

The Second International Congress of Euro-Asian Association of Dermatovenereologists was successfully held in Moscow, on March 21-23, 2012. The Congress Programme included 44 breakout sessions, 10 satellite symposia, 4 round table meetings. Over 1500 congress delegates gathered from Russia and 29 other states. The Congress chairpersons were Yuri Andrashko (Ukraine), Nikolai Potekaev (Russia), Thomas Ruzicka (Germany) and Alexander Litus (Ukraine).

The 16th interregional conference "Dermatovenereology of Siberia: from science to practice" took place in Novosibirsk, Russia on March 15 and 16, 2012. Some 300 clinicians from Russia and neighboring states attended to 4 sessions with about 50 talks given. The yearly A.A. Bogolepov award was bestowed on prof. I.O. Malova (Irkutsk) and E.A. Kruk (Tomsk) by the conference chairperson, leader of Siberian dermatologists, prof. S.G. Lykova. 

The twenty-ninth conference "Rachmanov readings" organized by dermatology department of First Moscow State Medical University was held in Moscow, Russia, on January 26-27, 2012. The conference included 9 plenary and breakout sessions and a dermatoscopy workshop. The leading topic this year was "The bullous dermatoses", with invited speakers from leading research centers of Russia. Prof. Miklós Sárdy from München, Germany, delivered a review lecture, praising the contribution of Russian dermatologists and Pyotr Nikolsky to the field of bullous dermatoses. About 500 participants from Russia and CIS attended the sessions. 

The resuming All-Russian videoconference of dermatologists was conducted on December 29, 2011. Prof. Alexey Sergeev and his colleagues in Moscow Teledermatology Center have updated the audience on the success of "Dermatology in Russia", gathering more than 5000 clinicians across the country. With more than 500 clinical cases added to the database in 2011, winners of the "Case of the month" and "Photosession" contests were nominated. The ultimate champion of the year, Vladislav Khairutdinov, MD, Ph.D. (Saint-Petersburg) was awarded with RDS-1, the Russian HD digital dermatoscope. 
 

The Sixth Congress of dermatovenereologists from Belarus "Current aspects of dermatovenereology and cosmetology" took place in Vitebsk, Belarus, on November 24-25, 2011. The plenary and 10 breakout sessions were accompanied with integrated symposia and a videoconference with Moscow. Some 300 delegates from all regions of Belarus, guests from Russia and neighboring countries have attended the meeting. Prof. Vladimir P. Adaskevitch was elected as Chairman of Belorussian Society of Dermatovenereology, with Univ. doc. Alexander L. Navrotsky as Secretary. 

The Fourth educational course "STI and Reproductive Health" of International school of Herpetic Infection. Genital herpes and other STI" was completed in Moscow, on October 19, 2011. The course, organized by postgraduate faculty of N.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Medical Institute, was attended by over 100 clinicians of Moscow region, providing them with 15 extensive lectures in 2 workshop sessions.

The First Forum "Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology: A Synthesis of Science and Practice" succeeded in Moscow on October 11 and 12, 2011. The Forum was organized by Moscow Healthcare Department under the auspices of National Alliance of Dermatovenereologists and Cosmetologists. Two plenary sessions, 8 workshops, 14 satellite symposia, round-table talks and masterclasses provided more than 100 lectures and presentations for about 900 healthcare specialists from Moscow and other regions of Russia.

The Fith Russian Conference "Saint-Petersbourg Dermatological Readings" was held on October 3 and 4, 2011, at the same venue at St.-Petersbourg. The conference, organized by local V.M. Tarnovsky Dermatology Society, was officially dedicated to 125 anniversary of St.-Petersbourg MAPE dermatology department. On the scientific agenda were one plenary and 9 breakout sessions, 11 symposia, 2 round-table meetings and a special cosmetology programme.

During the Readings, Russian Dermoscopy Society presented a special seminar "Russian Dermoscopy Innovation Programme", introducing for the first time in St.-Petersbourg the Russian Digital Dermatoscope, RDS-1. The audience was granted a possibility of practicizing with RDS-1 and diagnostic software.

The largest free project of distance learning for dermatologists has been completed in Russia on July 31, 2011. For 107 days, 1845 dermatologists from 89 locations of Russia and CIS attended to the first interactive television course on Dermatoscopy and Diagnosis of Skin Cancers. The nation-wide e-learning course is a joint effort of Russian Dermoscopy Society and Interregional Society of Teledermatology. Online post-test evaluation of course audience is ongoing at http://tv.dermatology.ru/test