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While on a visit to France, the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office visited the Museum of His Majesty’s Lifeguards Cossack Regiment in the Paris suburb of Courbevoie, where he presented the museum with parade uniforms and eleven copies of Russian Cossack military society banners, as well as a collection of documents entitled Don Cossacks in the 1812 Patriotic War and Foreign Campaigns of 1813–1814.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Improving State Policy on Patriotic Education, which provides for the establishment of a Social Projects Directorate as part of the Presidential Executive Office.

The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office has arrived in France to take part in the events dedicated to the completion of the Moscow-Paris Horse Cavalry March held in honour of the 200^th anniversary of Russia’s victory in the 1812 Patriotic War.

A meeting of the Commission for Citizenship Issues was chaired by Presidential Aide Yevgeny Shkolov.

On the eve of holding in Moscow a meeting of the Bureau of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Forum on tax administration, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov met with participants in the event representing foreign tax administrations.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the protection of entrepreneurs' rights.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office took part in the ceremony inaugurating the second section of the Nord Stream gas pipeline.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov answered journalists’ questions following a meeting Vladimir Putin held in Ulyanovsk Region on including Russian-made civil and transport aircraft in the consolidated state order until 2020.

The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office participated in the opening of the 8^th annual forum of big business in Russia Expert-400.

The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office opened the XVI World Russian People’s Council, Frontiers of History, Frontiers of Russia.

The 6^th Congress of Commissioners for Children’s Rights in Russia’s Federal Constituent Entities opened in Kazan and will last for three days. Children’s rights commissioners from Russia’s 83 regions will participate in the Congress, along with representatives of federal agencies, NGOs and expert organisations. Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Pavel Astakhov and President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov participated in the Congress.

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

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov presented state decorations to scientists, representatives of NGOs and charity funds, and workers in science, culture and the arts.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov presented state decorations to Russian athletes who won silver and bronze medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On the Presidential Council for the Implementation of Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Approving the Provision on the Presidential Directorate for Supporting Activities of the State Council of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Approving the Provision on the Presidential Directorate for Application of Information Technology and the Development of E-Democracy.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov presented state decorations to silver and bronze medallists at the London Olympics.