The President took part, via videoconference, in a ceremony to launch railway traffic through the second Baikal tunnel.

Vladimir Putin held an online working meeting with Head of the Republic of Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests of the 11^th AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships that are being held in Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Amendments to the List of Federal Districts Approved by the Presidential Executive Order No 849 of May 13, 2000.

Acting Head of the Republic of Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov reported to the President on the region’s socioeconomic development. The discussion also focused on the questions asked by Buryatia residents during Direct Line with Vladimir Putin.

The President held a meeting on disaster relief measures following wildfires in April 2017, which damaged a number of towns and villages in Buryatia and the Irkutsk Region. The meeting participants discussed the progress in reconstruction work and compensation payments to the wildfire victims.

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 issued following a meeting on spring flood and wild fire relief efforts in the Urals and Siberia, held in Irkutsk on May 15, 2017.

Yesterday evening, Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with former heads of Buryatia, Karelia, Perm Territory, Novgorod and Ryazan regions, who had recently tendered their resignations.

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On the Early Termination of the Mandate of the Head of the Republic of Buryatia.

Vladimir Putin met with Alexei Tsydenov, who has been appointed Acting Head of the Republic of Buryatia by Presidential Executive Order.

Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting on disaster relief measures following wildfires in several regions around Russia. The heads of the Amur Region, Trans-Baikal Territory and Buryatia took part in the meeting.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Head of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn to discuss the region’s socioeconomic situation.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District Viktor Tolokonsky held a seminar meeting on implementing state ethnic policy in Russia’s constituent entities.

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

In Ulan-Ude, Vladimir Putin held a videoconference with the executives of Rosneft, ExxonMobil Development, STX and the United Shipbuilding Corporation, who are currently in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Vladimir Putin visited Ivolga Datsan in Buryatia and several timber companies in the Trans-Baikal Territory. Later the President chaired a meeting of the State Council Presidium on strengthening the timber sector.