Vladimir Putin extended his greetings to the participants and guests of the ninth Global Fishery Forum.

Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in the ceremony for commissining the Vostok Oil project – a new oil and gas province. Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin briefed the President on the project’s implementation, joining the ceremony from the Bukhta Sever port, the world’s northernmost port (Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Territory), via video link. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak also made some comments. During the event, the President gave the go-ahead for the first crude oil loading into the Arctic tanker Valentin Pikul.

The Minister reported to the President on the industrial sector performance. There has been positive momentum in terms of industrial output, investment and newly launched capacity over the past few years. The discussion also touched on the mechanism of special investment contracts, with particular attention paid to machine-tool engineering and autonomous industrial robot technology. In addition, Anton Alikhanov delivered a progress report on the New Materials and Chemistry national project.

Concluding his trip to the Novosibirsk Region, the President heard a report from Governor Andrei Travnikov on the region’s socioeconomic development over the past eight years.

Vladimir Putin heard the report on the diamond mining company’s performance, including the creation of Europe’s largest diamond-cutting cluster in Smolensk, exploration of hard-to-reach diamond deposits, gold mining, and jewellery production. ALROSA’s energy projects, including its participation in the construction of the Novolenskaya thermal power plant and the modernisation of the Svetlinskaya hydroelectric power plant in Yakutia, were discussed on a separate basis.

During his trip to the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with the region’s Governor Mikhail Kotyukov, who reported to the President on the socioeconomic situation in the region.

The Governor of the Moscow Region briefed the President on the region’s socioeconomic situation.

Vladimir Putin arrived in Irkutsk, where he visited the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of Yakovlev PJSC, which is part of Rostec UAC (the United Aircraft Corporation).

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin and Deputy Prime Minister – Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko chaired the second meeting of the Commission on the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies.

The discussion focused on the projects being implemented by the metals and mining company, in particular, in the IT and import substitution, environment, and development of new materials. Separately, the Norilsk Nickel CEO briefed the President on social support measures for the company’s staff.

Dmitry Milyayev briefed the President on the region’s socioeconomic development.

The President held a meeting on the development of the domestic aviation industry at the Gromov Flight Research Institute.

Vladimir Putin visited the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region.

Vladimir Putin extended his greetings to the employees and veteran workers of the IL-Aviastar branch on a significant milestone: the 50th anniversary of the launch of construction of the Ulyanovsk Aviation Industrial Complex.