Government Decisions

4 January, Thursday
Creation of Ladoga Skerries National Park (the Republic of Karelia) The Ladoga Skerries National Park, with a total area of 122,000 hectares, will be developed in the Lakhdenpokhsky, Sortavalsky and Pitkyarantsky municipal districts of the Republic of Karelia on the northern and northwestern coasts of Ladoga Lake. The reason for creating the park is to preserve the unique natural complexes of the Ladoga Lake skerries that have no analogue in Russia and Europe. The decision will form a legal framework for providing a system of special protection for natural complexes and facilities within the national park’s boundaries.
28 December 2017, Thursday
Certain aspects of natural gas sales in Russia In order to develop the market principles of price formation for natural gas, the signed resolution allows Gazprom and its affiliated parties to sell extracted natural gas at non-regulated prices to legal entities for the production of LNG for further export, as of 1 January 2018.
26 December 2017, Tuesday
Establishing the Vostok Finskogo Zaliva State Nature Reserve (Leningrad Region) A 14,086 hectare nature reserve will be created in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland (the Baltic Sea), on islands and in the adjoining internal and territorial waters of the sea of the Russian Federation. The reserve will preserve exemplary island ecosystems of the Eastern Baltic while the region is intensively explored. The decision will provide the legal foundation for taking special measures to protect the ecosystems as well as the facilities in the nature reserve.
22 December 2017, Friday
Russia’s participation in the exploitation of the European X-ray free-electron laser installation Since 2009, Russia has been participating in the international project to build and operate the European X-ray free-electron laser installation (European XFEL). The official opening ceremony took place in Hamburg, Germany on 1 September 2017. The facility 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 Russian Federation’s share of the operating costs in 2017. The funds for this purpose have been allocated from the 2017 federal budget.
Budget appropriations for projects under the IAEA technical cooperation programme Under the Development of the Nuclear Power Industry Complex state programme, Rosatom State Corporation will receive funds to pay in 2018-2020 the Russian Federation’s targeted annual contributions to the IAEA Technical Cooperation Fund. Funds for these purposes are provided for in the federal budget for 2018 and the planning period of 2019 and 2020.
19 December 2017, Tuesday
Creating the Vasyugansky State Nature Reserve A 614,803 hectare nature reserve will be created within The Great Vasyugan Mire, the largest swamp system in the Northern Hemisphere, which is located in the Tomsk and Novosibirsk regions. The reserve will preserve the unique and diverse ecosystem, which is of great significance for nature conservation. The decision will provide the legal foundation for taking special measures to protect the ecosystem and facilities in the nature reserve.
16 December 2017, Saturday
Fulfilling Russia’s obligation to create the basic configuration of the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider Faсility (NICA) In order to create and launch the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider Faсility (NICA), money is allocated to the budget of the international intergovernmental research organisation, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, for the construction on Russian territory of an international-level experimental base for fundamental research into a number of current issues of contemporary physics.
7 December 2017, Thursday
Integration of the Anti-Doping Centre with Lomonosov Moscow State University Pursuant to requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency regarding financial and economic independence of the future national anti-doping laboratory, a decision has been made to incorporate the Anti-Doping Centre into Lomonosov Moscow State University as its structural division.
6 December 2017, Wednesday
Russia’s approval of the draft Agreement between the Governments of Russia and the United Arab Emirates on Scientific, Technical and Production Cooperation of Companies in Civilian Industries The main goal of the Agreement is to establish the legal framework for joint activities of companies and enterprises representing civilian industries of both countries and to carry out joint work under scientific and technical cooperation projects in aviation, space, information and telecommunications technology, ship-building, renewable energy, HR training and specialist exchanges, as well as to create joint industrial production enterprises.
30 November 2017, Thursday
Hosting Russia's stage of Arctic Race international bicycle race The signed directive designates the Murmansk Region host of Russia's leg of the Arctic Race international bicycle race in 2018.
27 November 2017, Monday
Ensuring the launch of the Meteor-M Earth remote monitoring spacecraft from the Vostochny Space Launch Centre A spacecraft carrying a foreign-manufactured payload will be launched by Russian launch vehicles from the Vostochny Space Launch Centre.
11 November 2017, Saturday
Joint project with the World Health Organisation to intensify multisectoral anti-tuberculosis measures The joint project of the Russian Federation and the World Health Organisation is aimed at intensifying multisectoral anti-tuberculosis measures. To implement this project, it is proposed to allocate funds from the federal budget to pay a special-purpose contribution to WHO in 2018-2020 in the amount of up to $14.8 million, including up to $4.9 million in 2018, up to $5.1 million in 2019, and up to $4.8 million in 2020.
Approval of the Strategy for the Development of Sea Ports in the Caspian Sea The main goal of the Strategy is to consolidate the economic and geopolitical presence of Russia in the Caspian Sea, to expand and deepen economic and cultural ties with Caspian countries and create conditions for the further socio-economic development of the Caspian region by increasing international trade via the Caspian ports.
31 October 2017, Tuesday
Establishing of the amount of ozone-depleting substances and the permissible production volume in 2018 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment annually calculates the permissible amount of production of ozone-depleting substances in Russia and the amount of specific substances contained in the permissible amount of consumption of ozone-depleting substances. This is necessary, among other things, in order to fulfil Russia's obligations under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
30 October 2017, Monday
Decisions following the 31st meeting of Russia’s Foreign Investment Advisory Council
27 October 2017, Friday
Amendments to the list of agricultural produce, raw materials and food products originating from the Republic of Turkey, the import of which has been banned since 1 January 2016 Amendments to the list of agricultural produce, raw materials and food products originating from the Republic of Turkey, the import of which has been banned since 1 January 2016, stipulate that the term “fresh or chilled tomatoes” be amended with a footnote saying that the produce imported within the import quota approved by the Agriculture Ministry shall be excluded from the ban.
Amended list of products banned from import to Russia The List of Agricultural Produce, Raw Materials and Food Products banned from import to Russia has been extended to include live pigs and several types of edible livestock byproducts and fats. The imposed restrictions will not affect domestic consumer availability.
25 October 2017, Wednesday
Cooperation with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) on upgrading detectors of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) The Ministry of Education and Science has been instructed to draft supplements to the memorandums of understanding on upgrading four detectors of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and to make a one-time payment of 2.8983 million Swiss francs to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 2017. The federal budget for 2017 provides for these allocations. The Russian Government will also earmark 330 million roubles from its reserve fund under the state programme Developing Science and Technology 2013-2020 to Russian organisations for the production, supply and assembly of equipment as Russia’s in-kind contribution to the LHC’s modernisation. Russian scientists will continue taking part in CERN’s international research.
Implementing the Interreg Baltic Sea Region transnational cooperation programme in Russia The 2014-2020 Interreg Baltic Sea Region transnational cooperation programme in Russia is an instrument for the implementation of joint cross-border projects between regions of the Russian Federation, states of the European Union and Norway that promote balanced socioeconomic development in the Baltic Region. Implementation of the Programme will help foster ties between regions of Russia and EU countries, preserve common cultural values, support environmental safety, and develop infrastructure.
20 October 2017, Friday
Russia’s approval of amendments to the Agreement Establishing the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) of 27 June 1980 The new version of the Agreement updates functions related to resource mobilisation and financing actions regarding commodities, establishing partnerships to implement development projects in the commodities sector, providing services, and spreading knowledge and information on new and innovative approaches.
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