Vladimir Putin chaired a videoconference on the situation in the regions affected by floods.

Vladimir Putin chaired a videoconference on the situation in the regions affected by severe weather. Meeting participants discussed relief efforts following flooding in the Volga, Urals and the Far Eastern federal districts.

The President signed the Federal Law On Amending the Federal Law on Protecting the Environment and Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

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

Vladimir Putin participated in events honouring the 60^th anniversary of the sister city relationship between St Petersburg and Turku.

Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on strengthening the timber sector of the Russian Federation.

Andrei Vorobyov reported to the President on the socioeconomic situation in the Moscow Region, measures to attract investment in the region’s economy and plans to improve the environment.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on developing waste treatment and recycling.

Following Vladimir Putin’s decision, outside lights at the Moscow Kremlin, the Russian President’s official residence, will be switched off from 8.30–9.30pm as part of the Earth Hour international environmental protection event on March 23.

During its first meeting on February 21, 2013, the taskforce looked into issues of interdepartmental cooperation on implementing the decisions of the 18^th UN Climate Change Conference, held in Doha in November and December 2012, as well as possible measures for stimulating the reduction of man-made greenhouse gas emissions in the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma draft Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Commission for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector and Environmental Security.

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.