Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, who is in Russia on a working visit.

The President approved a list of instructions following a meeting with heads of coal-mining regions held on August 22, 2019.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the governors of Russia’s coal-producing regions to discuss the current state of the coal industry and its development strategy.

The President approved a list of instructions following a meeting on stimulating the oil industry, held on July 10, 2019.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden.

Vladimir Putin addressed the II Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS 2019).

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with the Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors to discuss development prospects of the natural gas engine fuel market.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the 6^th Future Leaders Forum of the World Petroleum Council, taking place June 23–28 in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin and the President of China Xi Jinping met with participants of the Second Russian-Chinese Energy Business Forum on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The President signed Executive Order approving the Energy Security Doctrine of the Russian Federation.

The President signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 7 of Federal Law On State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Regarding the Authority to Inspect Design Documents for Nuclear Facilities Built Outside the Russian Federation as well as to Examine the Results of Engineering Surveys Conducted for Such Design Documentation.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Chairman of the Board and President of Transneft Nikolai Tokarev. They discussed, in part, the company’s performance past year and the incident with the transportation of substandard oil through the Druzhba pipeline.

During his working trip to St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin, launched via videoconference the loading of the first batch of LNG onto the tanker Coral Anthelia at the new Cryogas-Vysotsk LNG plant in Vysotsk, Leningrad Region.

Vladimir Putin met with LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov to discuss the oil and gas company’s performance results.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants, organisers and guests at the 11^th International Forum ATOMEXPO 2019, taking place on April 15–16 in Sochi.

Vladimir Putin met with Rosneft CEO, Chairman of the Management Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors Igor Sechin to discuss the company’s performance in 2018 and its development plans, including in the context of implementing shipbuilding projects, increasing cargo transhipment via the Northern Sea Route and Arctic development.

The President signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on Measures to Regulate Trade and Economic Cooperation in the Export of Oil and Petroleum Products of January 12, 2007.