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Presidential Aide, State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Samara Region Governor Dmitry Azarov chaired a meeting of the State Council Commission on Culture.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Interethnic Relations Magomedsalam Magomedov took part in the ceremony marking the 120^th anniversary of the Russian Ethnographic Museum, where he read out the President’s greetings and presented the winners of the Presidential Prize for Strengthening the Unity of the Russian Nation.

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko chaired a meeting of the Coordinating Committee on holding Presidential grant competitions to promote civil society, which summed up the results of the projects supported following the selection and completed in 2021, and considered co-financing similar regional competitions for non-profit organisations.

Chief of the Presidential Directorate for Protection of Citizens’ Constitutional Rights Tatyana Lokatkina chaired a meeting of the Directorate’s expert council.

The list of projects winning the 2022 fourth special competition for Presidential grants to implement projects in culture, the arts and creative industries has been approved.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino chaired a regular meeting of the Presidential Council for Coordination with Religious Organisations.

Presidential Aide – State Council Secretary Igor Levitin, together with head of the working group on the Great Volga Route development – Astrakhan Region Governor Igor Babushkin and Chairman of the State Council Commission on Transport – Head of the Republic of Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov held a regular meeting of the State Council working group on Great Volga Route development.

Presidential Adviser and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev met with Egypt’s Ambassador to Russia Nazih Ali Elnaggary.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Governor of the Kemerovo Region Sergei Tsivilev chaired a meeting of the State Council Commission on Energy at the venue of the 5^th Russian Energy Week International Forum to discuss issues related to staffing the fuel and energy sector.

During a working trip to the Novosibirsk Region on October 12–13, Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova met with head of the region Andrei Travnikov, spoke at the plenary session of the 3^rd Teenagers 360 Interregional Forum, held a meeting on preventing social orphanhood in the region, opened a new teenage centre called Yunost, and placed orphans from the LPR with foster families.

Adviser to the President Alexandra Levitskaya chaired a regular meeting of the Commission for the Disabled.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin chaired a joint meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Development of General-Purpose Aviation and GLONASS-based Navigation and Information Technologies and State Council Commission on Transport.

On October 7, 53 orphans from the Donetsk People’s Republic arrived in the Moscow Region on a Russian Aerospace Forces plane with the assistance of Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova.

Presidential Aide, State Council Secretary Igor Levitin took part in a joint videoconference meeting of the Presidium of the Government Commission on Transport and State Council Energy and Transport commissions.

Presidential Aide Dmitry Mironov chaired an onsite meeting of the Council for Cossack Affairs in Pyatigorsk.

Presidential Adviser and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev took part in a ministerial meeting on preparations for the 27^th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on October 3–5.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Deputy Chairman of the State Council Commission on Industry, First Deputy Governor of the Tula Region Vyacheslav Fedorishchev co-chaired a regular meeting of the State Council Commission on Industry held via videoconference.

Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova took part in the 19^th National Congress of Commissioners for Children's Rights dedicated to the rehabilitation and habilitation of children with disabilities and the support of their parents.

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko chaired a meeting of the Coordination Committee on the allocation of Presidential grants in the civil society development competition.