Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions following the inspection of compliance with legislation and implementation of Presidential decisions on waste management.

Statement by Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Alexander Bedritsky for the 23rd UN Climate Change Conference (Bonn, Germany, November 6–17, 2017; abridged).

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights at the Kremlin.

The President approved a list of instructions following legality verification of activities that have a negative environmental impact on the Baikal natural area.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of the International Tiger Day Festival, held in Vladivostok on September 23–24.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on topical issues of the Lake Baikal conservation and environmental development of the Baikal natural area.

During his working trip to Buryatia, Vladimir Putin visited the Baikal State Nature Biosphere Reserve.

Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions following Direct Line with Vladimir Putin on June 15, 2017.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the delegates, organisers and guests of the 8^th Nevsky International Ecological Congress in St Petersburg.

All-Russian Climate Week will be held as part of the Year of the Environment in accordance with a decision of the interdepartmental working group under the Presidential Executive Office on issues related to climate change and sustainable development.

Sergei Ivanov, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport, took part in the session Challenges Facing the Ecology. Reforming the Waste Treatment Industry: Regulation, Experience, Problems and Solutions at the 3^rd Yalta International Economic Forum.

The President signed the Executive Order On the Environmental Security Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2025.

Vladimir Putin is taking part in the fourth international forum The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue.

Vladimir Putin visited Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, where he inspected the results of work to clean up environmental damage in the Russian Arctic region.

In the course of his trip to Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Archipelago Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the comprehensive development of the Arctic region.

Vladimir Putin met with employees of the Omega field base of the Russian Arctic National Park on Alexandra Land Island of Franz Josef Land.

On March 25, the facade lighting of the President’s official residence, the Moscow Kremlin, will be turned off between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm Moscow time for Earth Hour.

Mr Donskoy briefed the President on measures to enhance the efficiency of subsoil resource use, develop a system of protected natural zones, and support eco-tourism.

Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin to discuss the Year of the Environment in Russia, including ways to reduce emissions and the adverse impact on the environment, to introduce best available technologies, and to protect rare animals.