Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Chairman of the Moscow Region Government Mikhail Kuznetsov (right) and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District Igor Shchegolev (left) talk before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of the Murmansk Region Andrey Chibis is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of Tomsk Region Sergei Zhvachkin (right) and Governor of Altai Region Victor Tomenko (left) talk before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of the Belgorod Region Yevgeny Savchenko (left) and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science Gennady Onishchenko (right) are seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of Tomsk Region Sergei Zhvachkin is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin (left) and First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kirienko (right) talk before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova (right) and President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Mikhail Kovalchuk (left) are seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Academician of RAS Vladimir Fortov is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova (right) and President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Mikhail Kovalchuk (left) are seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. From left: Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Andrey Travnikov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev and Governor of Tomsk Region Sergei Zhvachkin talk before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District Igor Shchegolev is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova attends the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. From right: Rector of the Siberian State Medical University in Tomsk Olga Kobyakova, Governor of Tomsk Region Sergei Zhvachkin, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev and Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Andrey Travnikov (left) are seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Rector of the Siberian State Medical University in Tomsk Olga Kobyakova talks on her phone before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Chairman of the Moscow Region Government Mikhail Kuznetsov is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Minister of Construction Industry, Housing and Utilities Sector of Russia Vladimir Yakushev is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Acting Governor Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Senior Researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Saint Petersburg Institute of History Evgeny Anisimov (center) is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. From left: First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kirienko, Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov and Aide to the President of Russia Igor Levitin talk before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of the Tula Region Alexei Dyumin (right) and Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin (left) attend the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. The topic of the meeting is "On enhancement of the role of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in training personnel for the economics and social sector."

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Kozlov (right) and Rector of Saint Petersburg State University Nikolai Kropachev (center) attend the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova (right) attend the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin attend the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Adviser to the Director of The International Intergovernmental Scientific-Research Organization "Joint Institute for Nuclear Research" Sergey Mazurenko (left) and President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Mikhail Kovalchuk (right) attend the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of Samara Region Dmitry Azarov (right) and Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov (left) talk before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov is seen before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. From left: First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kirienko, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova attend the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin (left) and First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kirienko (right) talk before the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova (right) attend the meeting.

Joint extended meeting of The State Council Presidium and the Council on Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Governor of the Tula Region Alexei Dyumin (left) and Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin (right) attend the meeting.

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A joint expanded meeting of the Presidium of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov during the meeting.

A joint expanded meeting of the Presidium of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov during the meeting.

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A joint expanded meeting of the Presidium of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Russian Labor and Social Protection Minister Anton Kotyakov (left) and Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov (right) during a meeting.

A joint expanded meeting of the Presidium of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Russian Labor and Social Protection Minister Anton Kotyakov during a meeting.

A joint extended meeting of the Presidium of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education was held in the Kremlin. Minister of Education of Russia Sergei Kravtsov (left) and Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Valery Falkov (right) during the meeting.