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.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov and Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh chaired a regional seminar on theimplementation of the state ethnic policy in the Urals Federal District.

Mr Dubrovsky briefed Vladimir Putin on the socioeconomic situation in the region and preparations for the 2020 SCO and BRICS summits.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Chelyabinsk Region Governor Boris Dubrovsky to discuss the socioeconomic situation in the region.

Acting Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky briefed Vladimir Putin on the socioeconomic situation in the region.

Vladimir Putin attended the finals competition at the 2014 Judo World Championship and met with Russian athletes.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Boris Dubrovsky, who has been appointed Acting Governor of Chelyabinsk Region.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Terminating the Mandate of the Chelyabinsk Region Governor Ahead of Term.

At the meeting, which took place the previous evening, Mr Yurevich briefed Vladimir Putin on the socioeconomic situation in the Region.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Natural Disasters Relief Vladimir Puchkov.

Vladimir Putin visited the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, toured the plant’s cold roll steel production, participated in the launch of continuous annealing and continuous galvanising cold-rolling units, and spoke with the company’s employees.

Issues discussed at the meeting with commanders of divisions and units of the Armed Forces, Interior Ministry and the Federal Drug Control Service, involved in strategic Centre-2011 military exercises, included personnel and military reform, and service pay.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the Chebarkul training ground, where the final stage of command and staff exercises and training of the internal troops control are being held as part of the Centre-2011 strategic military exercises.

In accordance with the Federal Law On the Police Force, the President issued executive order on appointments to senior Interior Ministry posts.

At its 22^nd meeting, the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia’s Economy summed up the results of its efforts to support the engineering profession and technical education.

Dmitry Medvedev chaired a meeting of the Commission for Modernisation and Technological Development of Russia’s Economy in Magnitogorsk.