The meeting focused on the Natural Resources Ministry’s plans for 2013, which has been declared the Year of the Environment in Russia.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Commission for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector and Environmental Security. The issues discussed included draft Energy Security Doctrine, the current trends in production, processing and marketing of natural gas, and the prospects of electric power cooperation between Russia and the European Union.

In his video address, Vladimir Putin congratulated the project participants on completing the second section and bringing it to design capacity.

Vladimir Putin took part in an experiment conducted by Russian ornithologists as part of the Flight of Hope project to save the endangered Siberian crane, a rare species of cranes placed on Red List of Threatened Species.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Holding the Environment Year in the Russian Federation in 2013.

Vladimir Putin held an extra-mural meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society on Valaam Island.

During a working trip to Arkhangelsk Region, Vladimir Putin met with participants in an upcoming expedition to clean up environmental damage in polluted areas of the Franz Josef Land archipelago. The meeting took place in Arkhangelsk on the dock from which the expedition vessel departed.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation Concerning State Regulation of Merchant Shipping in the Area of the Northern Sea Route.

Vladimir Putin chaired the first meeting of the Presidential Commission for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector and Environmental Security, which focused on the Commission’s priority areas of activity.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Functions of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On the Russian Federation Presidential Commission for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector and Environmental Security.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants and guests of V Nevsky International Environmental Congress.

Dmitry Medvedev approved the Basic Principles of State Environmental Development Policy of the Russian Federation through to 2030.

Dmitry Medvedev discussed environmental security and protection at an off-site meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. The meeting was attended by members of the Council, environmental experts and representatives of environmental organisations.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention (Convention No. 174).

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Federal Law On Environmental Protection and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

Following the State Council Presidium meeting of the June 9, 2011, the Russian Government was instructed jointly with Krasnodar Territory authorities to take measures to ensure environmental safety in preparations for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, including strict compliance with to commitments set firth in the Sochi 2014 Bid Book.

The main subjects on the agenda at the meeting, chaired by the President, included issues of resolving environmental issues in the Volga River basin, preserving the river’s fauna and developing its fisheries, combating poaching, restoring the water system in the river’s delta, water resources protection efforts, and overhaul of hydro-technical installations.

During a trip to Astrakhan Region, Dmitry Medvedev visited an inspection station of the Federal Agency for Fishery.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his greeting to participants in the North Sea Route Towards Strategic Stability and Equal Partnership in Arctic Region international conference.