On February 20, a two hour meeting of the State Council of the Russian Federation will be held in Irkutsk under Dmitry Medvedev, with federal ministers, governors and major business representatives. The president will also meet Governor Igor Yesipovsky and visit the Irkutsk Aviation Plant and the Baikal Studies Museum of the Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In Irkutsk, a two-hour meeting of the State Council of the Russian Federation will be held on February 20 under the chairmanship of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Dmitry Medvedev’s arrival is scheduled for February 19.As reported by the news agency Teleinform, citing the government of the Irkutsk Region, ten federal ministers, a number of governors of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and representatives of big business will take part in the State Council meeting.
In particular, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin, and Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina will come to Irkutsk. It is planned that the State Council meeting will also be attended by the president and chairman of the board of Sberbank of Russia, German Gref, and the general director of UC RUSAL, Oleg Deripaska. Among the heads of constituent entities of the Russian Federation taking part in the meeting are Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko, and others.
During the visit, a personal meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and the governor of the Irkutsk Region, Igor Yesipovsky, is planned. The president will also visit the Irkutsk Aviation Plant and the Baikal Studies Museum of the Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.