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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.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino and Director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Li Zhanshu discussed bilateral issues and prospects for cooperation between Russia and China.

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

During his trip to the Republic of Tatarstan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov met with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov to discuss the region’s socioeconomic development and the implementation of the state ethnic policy.

Sergei Ivanov, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport, took part in the session Challenges Facing the Ecology. Reforming the Waste Treatment Industry: Regulation, Experience, Problems and Solutions at the 3^rd Yalta International Economic Forum.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin chaired, via videoconference, a meeting of the State Council consultative commission’s working group on modern regional industrial policy as a factor of improving the competitiveness and investment appeal of the Russian regions.

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

Presidential Aide Yevgeny Shkolov met with the delegation of the Organisation Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China headed by Deputy Chief of the Organisation Department Zhou Tsui.

The working group concluded preparations for a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council On the National System for Consumer Rights Protection.