Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions following a State Council Presidium meeting on developing Russia’s internal waterways held on August 15, 2016.

Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov met with the United Nations Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members to discuss developing Russia’s Arctic region. The meeting also examined the situation with floods in the Russian Far East, and the Emergency Situations Minister briefed the President on the repair work underway in the region and assistance for those affected by the floods.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin to discuss forest preservation and restoration.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin chaired, via videoconference, the third meeting of the working group for the preparation of the State Council Presidium on the development of inland waterways in the Russian Federation.

The President signed the Federal Law On Amending the Federal Law on Environmental Protection, and Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on Creating Green Parkland Belts.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

The President reviewed the Duma deputies’ results and work over the last five-year parliamentary session.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov visited Bolshoi Tyuters Island in the Gulf of Finland, where he was updated on the work of the Hogland expedition of the Russian Geographical Society. Sergei Ivanov was accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin held the first session of the working group on preparing the meeting of the State Council On the Environmental Development of the Russian Federation in the Interests Of Future Generations.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Agency staff and all Russian polar explorers on Polar Explorer’s Day.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), a national public organisation.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov attended the opening ceremony of the Ecotech International Exhibition and Forum.

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the interregional forum Action Forum. Regions, organised by the Russian Popular Front (ONF).

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov chaired the first meeting of the organising committee for the Year of the Environment 2017, that took place at the Kremlin.

Alexander Bedritsky, Adviser to the President and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues, has chaired a regular meeting of the Presidential Executive Office’s Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin held the first meeting of the working group for preparing a State Council Presidium meeting on developing Russia’s internal waterways.

The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office took part in a ceremony launching the Narva road tunnel built to protect the Far Eastern Leopards.

In line with Vladimir Putin’s decision, the outside lighting at the Moscow Kremlin, the President’s official residence, will be turned off for an hour (from 8.30 to 9.30 pm Moscow time) on March 19 as part of Moscow’s participation in the international environmental awareness event Earth Hour.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov chaired a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Far Eastern Leopards autonomous non-profit organisation dedicated to the organisation’s work in 2015 and targets for 2016.