Presidential Aide, State Council Secretary Alexei Dyumin and Samara Region Governor, Chair of the State Council Commission on Industry Vyacheslav Fedorishchev chaired the first meeting of the newly elected Commission.

Vladimir Putin held the first meeting with Government members this year.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin held the third meeting of the working group on comprehensive development of passenger traffic in the regions.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members on measures to protect the rights of people involved in shared-equity construction projects and on defining the legal status of self-employed individuals.

Mr Sokolov briefed Vladimir Putin on the transport sector’s main results in 2016. Subjects of discussion included air, sea, rail and road transport, and also road construction and projects for developing Crimea’s transport infrastructure.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on preparations for the 29^th Winter Universiade Krasnoyarsk 2019.

The President held a working meeting with Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov and Governor of St Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko on the construction of the Western High Speed Diameter motorway in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on developing transport infrastructure in the Southern Federal District in Kerch.

Mr Sokolov briefed Vladimir Putin on domestic passenger traffic development results in various transport sectors in 2016.

Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions on preparations for the 2018 FIFA Football World Cup and 2017 Confederations Cup.

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin chaired the first meeting of the Commission for the Development of General Aviation and GLONASS-Based Navigation Information Technology after its reform and the approval of its new regulations by Presidential executive order.

Vladimir Putin held a regular meeting with Government members. They discussed, among other issues, relief and prevention of natural disasters such as wildfires and floods, railway traffic during the vacation season, and the National Final School Exam.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members to discuss measures to develop the Far East, including improvements to the electric power pricing policy, as well as other current issues on the socioeconomic agenda.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members.

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin held a meeting of the working group on monitoring implementation of State Council and State Council Presidium decisions.

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of the Commission for Developing General Aviation at the Istra Heliport in Moscow Region.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, who is heading the government commission for investigating the causes of the Russian passenger plane crash in Egypt. The minister reported on the progress of investigation at the crash site.

Vladimir Putin met with Government members to discuss measures to overcome economic recession in 2016. The situation in Syria and the fight against international terrorism were discussed separately.

Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions drafted following a meeting with Government members on July 15, 2015.

Presidential Aide Igor Levition chaired a video-conference meeting of the Commission for Developing General Aviation in Novosibirsk.