Government Decisions

5 April 2018, Thursday
Russia’s financial contribution to implement the Interreg Baltic Sea Region transnational cooperation programme The 2014-2020 Interreg Baltic Sea Region transnational cooperation programme 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. The adopted decision supports Russia’s participation in the programme.
7 March 2018, Wednesday
Establishing Novosibirsk Islands Federal Nature Sanctuary Novosibirsk Islands Federal Nature Sanctuary with a total area of ​​6,594,496.3 hectares will be created in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on the Novosibirsk Islands Archipelago and adjoining waters. The purpose of the sanctuary is to preserve unique island ecosystems of the Russian Arctic, which have great environmental and scientific importance, the habitats and breeding grounds of many species of animals, including those requiring special protection (polar bears, Laptev subspecies of walrus, rose gulls and others), and historical and cultural sites related to the period of discovery and exploration of the islands. The adopted decision will create the legal foundation supporting the special protection regime for natural complexes and sites on lands included in the boundaries of the sanctuary.
3 March 2018, Saturday
Developing Abilympics, a professional skills competition for persons with disabilities A decision was made on holding annual Abilympics, a national professional skills competition among people with disabilities starting in 2018. This will contribute to encouraging such persons to expand their range of professional activities, acquire professional training and find employment.
19 February 2018, Monday
Establishing Khibiny National Park in the Murmansk Region The Government of the Russian Federation issued a resolution establishing Khibiny National Park, with a total area of ​​84,804 hectares, in the Murmansk Region.
15 February 2018, Thursday
Trade in securities of the International Bank for Economic Cooperation in Russia A signed directive has included the International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC) on the list of international financial institutions the securities of which have been accepted for placement and public trading on Russian territory. This will help expand the IBEC’s opportunities in implementing investment projects and enhance the development of the Russian financial market.
8 February 2018, Thursday
Russia’s approval of the draft memorandum between the Russian and Slovenian governments on establishing the World War II International Research Centre in Maribor, Slovenia The mission of the Centre will be: to study the history of World War II with an emphasis on the struggle of the peoples of Russia and Slovenia against the Nazi aggressors; to search for information on Soviet and other citizens that were prisoners of Nazi concentration camps on the territory of Slovenia and took part in the guerrilla movement on the territory of Slovenia; and to carry out joint cultural and historical projects.
22 January 2018, Monday
Establishing the organising committee for the centenary celebration of the Ioffe Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences The committee includes representatives of the Russian Government, Presidential Executive Office, federal executive bodies, Federation Council, Russian Academy of Sciences, Skolkovo Foundation, and research and educational organisations.
4 January 2018, 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.
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