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Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin chaired the second session of the working group to prepare the State Council meeting on developing the construction sector and improving urban planning in the Russian Federation.

Presidential Aide and Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport Igor Levitin held the first meeting of the working group to prepare a meeting of the Council to discuss the development of ice hockey in Russia, preparations for the 2016 World Ice Hockey Championships and preparations of the Russian Olympic team for the XXIII Olympic Games to be held in 2018 in Pyeongchang (Republic of Korea).

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov met with Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation Marat Tazhin.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov met with US political scientist and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

The Expert Council of the Presidential Directorate for Protecting Citizens' Constitutional Rights held a meeting.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov visited the Lomonosov Moscow State University State-Building and Management Training Educational and Research Centre and participated in a meeting with graduates from the first cycle of postgraduate courses in the Current Issues of Ethnic Policy programme.

Aide to the President, State Council Secretary Igor Levitin chaired the third meeting of the State Council working group on road safety in the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption to discuss further measures to improve the national anti-corruption policy.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov chaired a meeting of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption Presidium at the Kremlin.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in an official meeting to mark the 294^th anniversary of Russia’s public prosecution office.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art in the Kremlin.

First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Presidential Aide Igor Levitin co-chaired a joint meeting of the Government Commission for Road Safety and the State Council working group on preparing the State Council Presidium meeting On Road Safety in the Russian Federation.

The meeting, chaired by Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, summed up the 2015 results of implementing the plan of key activities to prepare for and hold celebrations, and identified priority objectives for 2016.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin held the first meeting of the working group for preparing the State Council On Developing the Construction Industry and Improving City Planning in the Russian Federation.

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

The Presidential Directorate for Countering Corruption, together with the Office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District, the Federal Security Service, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Labour Ministry and the Justice Ministry audited the organisation of work to prevent corruption-related infractions within the Republic of Mordovia’s government agencies.

Vladimir Putin participated in a ceremony presenting crown jewels, insignia, awards and commemorative medals of the Russian Empire and unique cultural heritage items exported from Russia in the 1920s and 1930s to the Moscow Kremlin Museums.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov met with a delegation from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).