The President held a meeting of the Commission on the Strategy for the Development of the Fuel and Energy Industry and Environmental Safety in Kemerovo.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Acting Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area Dmitry Artyukhov.

The President signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Status of Crude Oil Line Fill in Tuymazy-Omsk-Novosibirsk-2 and Omsk-Pavlodar Main Oil Pipelines.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the participants and guests of the ceremony marking the 50^th anniversary of the Gazprom-OMV partnership on the anniversary of Russian-Austrian energy partnership.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano. They discussed current matters concerning cooperation between Russia and the IAEA.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the 10th International Forum ATOMEXPO.

Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions following the meeting with the Government held on April 18, 2018, regarding expanding the use of natural gas as a motor fuel.

The President held a regular meeting with Government members. The meeting participants discussed measures to promote the use of natural gas as motor fuel.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel.

Vladimir Putin and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Board of Transneft Nikolai Tokarev. The discussion focused on the company’s achievements in the past 25 years and last year’s performance.

Alexander Novak reported to the President on the Energy Ministry’s performance in 2017.

Vladimir Putin met with Director General of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev, who reported to the President about Rosatom’s performance in 2017 and the implementation of its investment strategy in Russia and abroad.

Vladimir Putin met with CEO of the Kolmar Coal Mining Company Sergei Tsivilev to discuss the company’s interim results and its development prospects.

At the meeting held ahead of Gazprom’s 25^th anniversary, Alexei Miller informed the President about the company’s achievements and current operations.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with LUKOIL CEO Vagit Alekperov who informed the head of state about the oil holding’s 2017 performance and projects scheduled for implementation.

During a video conference, Vladimir Putin launched the fourth power unit of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant into operation. The startup of the new power unit marked the beginning of additional power generation for the national grid.

The President held a regular meeting with Government members.