Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the laboratories of the BIOCAD pharmaceutical plant.

Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev got acquainted with production technology and product samples at the Diakont plant in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On the Scientific and Technological Development Strategy of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education. The draft National Science and Technology Development Strategy was the main item on the agenda.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with the Chairman of the Executive Board of RUSNANO Anatoly Chubais to discuss the work of the corporation in the 9 years since its creation and prospects for the further development of the nano-industry.

Vladimir Putin met with Mikhail Fradkov and Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov chaired the second meeting of the Russian Academy of Education Board of Trustees to discuss the Academy’s development programme for 2017–2020.

Vladimir Putin met with Presidential Aide Andrei Fursenko, Education and Science Minister Olga Vasilyeva, and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to discuss financing for fundamental scientific research.

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of the Commission for the Development of General Aviation and GLONASS-Based Navigation Information Technology.

Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to the team and veterans of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre on the occasion of its centenary.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with scientists who received mega-grants for scientific research.

Vladimir Putin met with Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov, who briefed the President on the company’s 2015 results and its updated development strategy until 2025.

Vladimir Putin took part in a meeting of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) Expert Council, which is marking its 5^th anniversary.

Vladimir Putin met with organisers, trustees and donors of the Talent and Success Foundation as part of his visit to the Sirius educational centre for gifted children.

The President has signed the Federal Law On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation to Improve State Regulation of Genetic Engineering Activity.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Federal Law On Protection of Rights of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs in Exercising State Control (Supervision) and Municipal Control, and the Federal Law on Strategic Planning in the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Vladimir Fortov and Director of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organisations (FASO) Mikhail Kotyukov.

On Russia Day, Vladimir Putin presented the 2015 Russian Federation National Awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology, literature and the arts, and humanitarian work.

Winners of the 2015 Russian Federation National Awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology, literature and the arts, and humanitarian work have been announced.

Mr Uyba briefed Vladimir Putin on the agency’s priority areas, in particular, research and developments and achievements in the sports medicine field.