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Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, attended the Russian national men’s basketball team presentation ceremony. The team is to play in the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers.

Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, attended a gala concert held to mark the 70^th birthday of Boris Eifman, choreographer, founder and artistic director of the St Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre.

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin chaired the first meeting of the working group on preparing a State Council Presidium meeting on raising the effectiveness of state agencies’ work in state property management.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov held a regular meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption. The Presidium members discussed ways to improve internal financial audits at federal government agencies.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the staff and retirees of the Presidential Executive Office on the 25^th anniversary of the organisation.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, the VTB United League’s honorary president, attended a meeting of the VTB United League’s Council.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin chaired, via videoconference, the third meeting of the working group for the preparation of the State Council Presidium on the development of inland waterways in the Russian Federation.

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

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of the working group to prepare a State Council Presidium meeting on developing Russia’s inland waterways.

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin chaired the first meeting of the Commission for the Development of General Aviation and GLONASS-Based Navigation Information Technology after its reform and the approval of its new regulations by Presidential executive order.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov visited Bolshoi Tyuters Island in the Gulf of Finland, where he was updated on the work of the Hogland expedition of the Russian Geographical Society. Sergei Ivanov was accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov attended the 2016 Development Awards ceremony, traditionally held on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Alexander Bedritsky, Adviser to the President and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues, chaired a regular meeting of the Presidential Executive Office’s Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin held the first session of the working group on preparing the meeting of the State Council On the Environmental Development of the Russian Federation in the Interests Of Future Generations.

Presidential Adviser German Klimenko held a meeting with representatives from Russian media production companies and copyright holders to discuss observance of copyright and related rights on the Russian internet.

Winners of the 2015 Russian Federation National Awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology, literature and the arts, and humanitarian work have been announced.

The first meeting of the working group to prepare a meeting of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport was held to discuss improving the country’s physical education system.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov visited the Red Square Book Festival.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive , Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Moscow Kremlin Museums Sergei Ivanov attended the opening of the exhibition Sculptor Vasily Konovalenko: Enchanted by Stone, at the Kremlin.