The President held a regular meeting with Government members. The meeting participants discussed measures to promote the use of natural gas as motor fuel.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino chaired a meeting of the Council for Countering Corruption Presidium.

The discussion focused on topical matters of nature conservation, particularly, the Year of the Environment events.

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.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members to discuss import substitution in industry and agriculture. Other subjects of discussion included preparations for children’s summer holidays, work on the draft law on responsible treatment of animals, and the programme to build or reconstruct village cultural centres.

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.

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.

Organisation of events planned for Year of the Environment was the subject of discussion. Mr Donskoy also briefed Vladimir Putin on work to update subsoil use licensing procedures.

Vladimir Putin chaired State Council meeting on environmental development of the Russian Federation in the interests of future generations at the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and Priority Projects to discuss support for non-resource exports and environmental development.

Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport, and Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Year of the Environment in Russia Sergei Ivanov visited Chelyabinsk together with Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin.

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 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.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov met with a delegation from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergei Donskoy.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members to discuss a number of current matters, in particular, the issue of road safety.

Vladimir Putin met with Government members.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoy.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the Government to discuss implementing the Culture Ministry’s work programme, the situation with municipal procurement, and work on a law to stimulate companies to introduce new technology that meets the latest environmental safety standards.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoy to discuss the inclusion of an enclave in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s continental shelf and application to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) to extend Russia’s continental shelf in the Arctic.

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