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25 August 2017, Friday
On 12 September, Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri will discuss investment cooperation prospects in Moscow
24 August 2017, Thursday
Re-equipping the UN World Food Programme auto fleet with Russian-made vehicles The signed resolution provides for up to 535 million roubles to be allocated in 2017-2018 to implement the next phase of the UN World Food Programme project to replace trucks used for transporting humanitarian aid with Russian-made vehicles, and up to $1.5 million as a special-purpose contribution to the WFP fund for the development of logistics capacity, including the integration of KamAZ trucks into regional fleets of WFP trucks. Funds for these purposes are envisaged in the federal budget.
20 August 2017, Sunday
Dmitry Medvedev sends greetings to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Hungarian national holiday, St Stephen’s Day
19 August 2017, Saturday
Lowering customs duty rates for goods exported from Russia outside Customs Union member states Starting 1 September 2017, export customs duty rates will be reduced for untreated animal hides, ferrous waste and scrap, refined copper and copper alloys, and items made from non-precious metals.
Russia’s participation in the construction of the European X-ray free-electron laser installation Since 2009, Russia has been involved in an international project to build and operate the European X-ray free-electron laser installation. The installation is being built in Hamburg, Germany, and is intended for research in a number of areas, including solid state physics, geophysics, chemistry, materials science, medicine, and structural microbiology. The signed directive instructs the Kurchatov Institute National Research Centre to pay the remaining share of the Russian Federation’s contribution towards the construction of the installation. The funds for these purposes have been allocated from the 2017 federal budget.
18 August 2017, Friday
Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy following deadly terror attack in the centre of Barcelona
17 August 2017, Thursday
Dmitry Medvedev congratulates Ahmed Ouyahia on his appointment as Prime Minister of Algeria
14 August 2017, Monday
Meeting with Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Karen Karapetyan
Meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Dmitry Medvedev: “In the first four months of the year, the volume of Eurasian Union’s domestic and foreign trade has grown by one fourth. All countries within the union, with no exceptions, have strengthened their position on foreign markets. The exports have increased by approximately ten percent. The commodity pattern is also changing for the best: increased have been exports of cars and equipment (by 34 percent), as well as food and agricultural production (by 26 percent), while the share of energy commodities is decreasing. It means that the volume of trade is becoming more evened out.”
Meeting with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Meeting with Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov
12 August 2017, Saturday
Opening of a national anti-doping laboratory based at Moscow University The Moscow University Charter has been updated with guidelines about the addition of a new structural unit, a national anti-doping laboratory. Using contemporary methods, the laboratory will implement measures to provide anti-doping support to Russian national sports teams and carry out independent testing of samples of biological materials for doping control, while also conducting research aimed at preventing and fighting doping in sports.
2 August 2017, Wednesday
Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Development of New Technologies Development and Commercialisation Centre Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Development of New Technologies Development and Commercialisation Centre Dmitry Medvedev: “Today, the Skolkovo community is above all about its residents, which mostly consist of small innovation companies. By the end of 2016, there were 1,640 of them. The aggregate revenue of Skolkovo residents reached almost 50 billion roubles last year.”
Submitting to the State Duma a draft law on Russia’s accession to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled On 27 June 2013, delegates of the Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) adopted the Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled in Marrakesh, Morocco. Russia’s accession to the Marrakesh Treaty aims to broaden these individuals’ opportunities to access books, magazines, teaching aids and textbooks that have been created under special formats and to facilitate international exchanges of these publications.
31 July 2017, Monday
Russian entry visas for participants in the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students Visa regulations have been relaxed for participants in the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Russia. The festival’s events will take place in two cities, Moscow and Sochi. Around 10,000 foreign nationals from 150 countries are expected to participate.
29 July 2017, Saturday
Restrictions on the import of ozone-depleting substances to Russia A temporary quantitative restriction on the import of ozone-depleting substances to the Russian Federation in 2017 has been introduced. The purpose of the adopted decisions is to ensure a stable market of ozone-depleting substances, which are not produced in Russia, and to prevent the growth of prices for such substances. These regulatory measures contribute to the preservation of the ozone layer of the atmosphere.
28 July 2017, Friday
Russia’s approval of the draft Agreement between the Governments of Russia and Brazil on the Establishment and Operation of Cultural Centres The signing of the Agreement will promote the development of cultural, humanitarian, information and educational cooperation between Russia and Brazil.
24 July 2017, Monday
Submission to the State Duma of a draft law on combatting corruption crimes during international business transactions The draft law provides for spreading the types of punishment stipulated in the Code of Administrative Offences for crimes of illegal gratification by legal entities to the cases when such crimes are committed not only on behalf or in the interests of a legal entity but also in the interests of other legal entities connected with it, such as affiliated or subsidiary companies. The adoption of this bill would create conditions for the further implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
20 July 2017, Thursday
Submitting to the State Duma the draft law on automatic international exchange of tax information The draft law proposes amendments to the Tax Code, which are necessary for ensuring the collection and exchange of information with competent bodies of foreign countries with a view to implementing the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Thus, taxpayers employed by an international group of companies are obligated to report to the tax authority his or her participation in the international group of companies and country-specific information, including a country-specific tax return, global documents on the international group of companies and national documents of the participant in the international group of companies.
13 July 2017, Thursday
Briefing by Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Igor Artemyev following a meeting of the Government Commission on Monitoring Foreign Investment
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