President Putin signed the Executive Order On the Early Termination of the Authority of the Governor of Kemerovo Region, simultaneously appointing Sergei Tsivilyov as acting head of the region.

The President signed Executive Order declaring March 28 the day of mourning following the Kemerovo fire tragedy.

Vladimir Putin met with local activists who expressed low confidence in the shopping mall fire investigation.

Vladimir Putin visited the Kemerovo shopping mall fire victims in the regional emergency hospital.

The President held a meeting with Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov, Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin in Kemerovo.

The President arrived in Kemerovo, where over 60 people died in a shopping mall fire. He honoured the memory of the victims by laying flowers at an impromptu memorial outside the building.

The President was briefed about the tragedy in the Kemerovo Region. He offered his condolences to the families and friends of the fire victims and wished a speedy recovery to all those injured.

Vladimir Putin singed Executive Order on Celebrating the 100^th Anniversary of the City of Kemerovo.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On the Acting Governor of Kemerovo Region.

Mr Tuleyev briefed Vladimir Putin on the socioeconomic situation in the region.

Mr Tuleyev briefed Vladimir Putin on the socioeconomic situation in the region, including the coal sector’s development and implementation of a programme to resettle people out of dilapidated housing.

During a working visit to the Siberian Federal District, Vladimir Putin had an informal meeting with Kemerovo Region miners and the families of mine workers who died as a result of the Raspadskaya mine explosions in 2010.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Commission for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Sector and Environmental Security.

Mr Tuleyev briefed Vladimir Putin on the socio-economic situation in the region. Issues discussed included the situation in the coal industry and machine-building sector, and implementation of the programme to relocate citizens from unfit housing.

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

The President was briefed on the ongoing investigations of the terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro and the explosions at the Raspadskaya Mine in the Kemerovo Region.