PRESS RELEASE*

The following actions were taken with regard to the issues included on the agenda for the meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation held on January 20, 2011:

1. The draft federal law On Amendments to the Federal Insolvency (Bankruptcy) Law and the Federal Judgment Execution Law to improve bankruptcy proceedings against strategically important corporate entities

The government has approved the draft federal law and resolved to submit it to the State Duma for consideration.

2. The draft federal law On Amendments to Article 14 of the Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation and Article 30 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation

The government has approved the draft federal law and resolved to submit it to the State Duma for consideration.

3. The draft federal law n Amendments to Article 27 of the Federal Law On Higher and Postgraduate Vocational Education and Article 5 of the Federal Law On Science and Government Science and Engineering Policy

The government has approved the draft federal law and resolved to submit it to the State Duma for consideration.

4. The draft federal law n Amendments to the Federal Law On Drug and Psychotropic Substance Control to improve control over the precursors of drugs and other psychotropic substances

The government has approved the draft federal law and resolved to submit it to the State Duma for consideration.

5. The submission of the Statute on the Court of the Eurasian Economic Community to the President of the Russian Federation  for the purpose of submitting the same for ratification

The government has passed a draft resolution on this issue.

6. The submission of the Treaty on the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries and Cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean Between the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Norway to the President of the Russian Federation  for the purpose of submitting the same for ratification

The government has passed a draft resolution on this issue.

7. Amendments to Russian Government Resolution No. 338, dated July 5, 2004

The government has passed a draft resolution on this issue.

8. Amendments to subparagraph 5.6.7 of the statute on the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

The government has passed a draft resolution on this issue.

9. Disaster relief to victims and family members of those killed in the terror attack in the city of Khasavyurt (the Republic of Dagestan) on January 14, 2011

The government has passed a draft executive order on this issue.

Moscow,
January 21, 2011

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