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Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin held the third meeting of the working group on comprehensive development of passenger traffic in the regions.

In Yessentuki, Stavropol Territory, Presidential Aide Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of the working group to monitor the implementation of the State Council decisions on fulfilling the Presidential instructions on enhancing the investment appeal of Russia’s health resort sector.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin chaired the third meeting of the State Council Presidium working group on investment appeal of the housing and utilities sector.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin chaired the second meeting of the working group to prepare for a State Council Presidium meeting on the further development of the Russian Far East.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov chaired a meeting of the Council for Interethnic Relations Presidium.

Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov met with American political scientist and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino chaired a regular meeting of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption Presidium.

The seminar meeting, Practice and Tasks of Executive Bodies in the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation as regards the Implementation of the Strategy for the Russian Federation State Ethnic Policy through to 2025, held in pursuance of a presidential instruction, took place in Pyatigorsk under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov and Deputy Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Andrei Galaktionov.

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Development of General Aviation and GLONASS-Based Navigation Information Technology.

Presidential Adviser German Klimenko chaired a meeting on the use of the Internet in medicine. The participants of the roundtable, who represented 540 Moscow medical institutions, discussed trends and prospects for the development of information technologies in Russian healthcare.

Winners of the 2016 Russian Federation National Awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology, literature and the arts, and humanitarian work have been announced.

Presidential Adviser German Klimenko attended the 9th International IT Forum with the participation of BRICS and SCO countries. Other forum participants included Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Urals Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh, Governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Yugra) Natalya Komarova and delegates from 44 Russian regions and 46 countries.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov chaired a meeting of the Presidential working group on implementing the research and publication project Russian State Acts. Russian State and Corporate Archives of the 13th−17th Centuries.

Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of the State Council consultative commission on modern regional industrial policy’s role in increasing Russian regions’ competitiveness and investment attractiveness. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The seminar Practice and Tasks of Executive Bodies in the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation as regards the Implementation of the Strategy for the Russian Federation State Ethnic Policy through to 2025 was held in the Kurgan Region, co-chaired by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Urals Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova and Finland’s Ombudsman for Children Tuomas Kurttila discussed development of cooperation on matters concerning maternity and childhood.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin chaired the second meeting of the state Council Presidium working group on comprehensive development of passenger traffic in the regions.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin chaired the first meeting of the working group to prepare a State Council Presidium meeting on the development of the Russian Far East.

All-Russian Climate Week will be held as part of the Year of the Environment in accordance with a decision of the interdepartmental working group under the Presidential Executive Office on issues related to climate change and sustainable development.