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The State Council Commission for Supporting Combat Veterans – Participants in the Special Military Operation and their Family Members, set up by President’s Executive Order of March 10, 2025, holds its first meeting.

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko chaired the first meeting of the Coordinating Committee to Support Ecological and Environmental Projects, which determined the terms and procedure of holding the first competition of the Presidential Foundation for ecological and environmental projects.

In Nizhny Novgorod, Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova opened The Family Comes First federal district forum, dedicated to effective practices for preventing social orphanhood.

In Murmansk, within the framework of the 6^th International Arctic Forum, a joint meeting of the commissions of the State Council of the Russian Federation on the development of the Arctic and the Northern Sea Route was held, which brought together five State Council commissions: Northern Sea Route and the Arctic, International Cooperation and Export, Energy, Youth and Children, and Efficient Transport System.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova visited the Zaporozhye Region as part of a working visit of the new regions. She opened the Pulsar education centre, held a meeting with the heads of relevant agencies and organisations, visited concerned organisations and large families, and delivered humanitarian aid.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova made a working visit to the Kherson Region, where she met with the region’s head, Vladimir Saldo. During her visit, she held a meeting with the heads of relevant departments, toured institutions and large families in the area, and delivered humanitarian aid.

Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev chaired a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development of the Navy, which is part of the Maritime Board of Russia.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova paid a working visit to the Donetsk People’s Republic, where she met with the region’s head Denis Pushilin. She also held a meeting with heads of specialised agencies, visited children’s institutions and large families, and delivered humanitarian aid.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova paid a working visit to the Lugansk People’s Republic, where she held meetings with head of the region Leonid Pasechnik and leaders of specialised agencies, visited local institutions and large families, and delivered humanitarian aid.

With the assistance of Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova and due to the mediatory mission of the State of Qatar, a 17-year-old girl has been reunited with her family in Russia. A family with three children, including two minors, has also returned to Russia.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova opened the Family Comes First federal district forum in Volgograd, dedicated to effective practices for preventing child abandonment.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova visited the Republic of Kalmykia as part of the national inspection of the system for the prevention of social orphanhood. The Commissioner met with Head of Kalmykia Batu Khasikov and held a meeting with heads of relevant agencies and organisations.

A meeting of the Council for the Development and Support of Maritime Activities created under the Maritime Board of the Russian Federation was held in Moscow.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova visited the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area as part of the national inspection of the system for the prevention of social orphanhood. She held a working meeting with Head of the region Dmitry Artyukhov and an expanded meeting with heads of agencies and institutions of the system for the prevention of child neglect and juvenile delinquency.

Russia’s Presidential Representative (Sherpa) in the Group of Twenty and Deputy Chief of the Presidential Experts’ Directorate Svetlana Lukash held a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission to support Russia’s participation in the G20. The meeting was attended by executives from the relevant Russian ministries and agencies.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Alexei Dyumin took part in a meeting of the State Council Commission on the Northern Sea Route and the Arctic. The meeting was chaired by Murmansk Region Governor and Chair of the State Council Commission on the Northern Sea Route and the Arctic Andrei Chibis.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art Vladimir Medinsky was elected head of the Russian Union of Writers at its 17^th Congress.

A meeting of the Second Greater Circle of the Russian Cossack Society was held at the Supreme Church Council Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova announced the launch of the Centres of New Opportunities 2025 competition, aimed at establishing and expanding crisis family centres and day care facilities for children with disabilities in Russian regions.