At its August 20, 2009 meeting, the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation adopted the following decisions on the items on its agenda:

I. Draft Water Management Strategies of the Russian Federation in the Period Through 2020 and Measures for its Implementation

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved drafts of the water management strategy of the Russian Federation in the period through 2020 and the plan of measures for its implementation. It approved a draft Executive Order on the issue.

II. Formation of a Government Commission for the Mitigation of the Consequences of the Accident at Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant, a branch of OAO RusHydro, and the organisation of work to ensure a stable power supply to consumers from the Siberian Power Grid

1. The Government of the Russian Federation, with consideration for the discussion, has decided to form a Government Commission for the Mitigation of the Consequences of the Accident at Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant, a branch of OAO RusHydro, and the organisation of work to ensure a stable power supply to consumers from the Siberian Power Grid. A decision has also been made on the personal composition of the said Commission.

2. The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft Executive Order on the allocation of money from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for lump sum payments to the families of citizens who died or went missing as a result of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant, a branch of OAO RusHydro, which occurred on August 17, 2009, and also to accident victims.

III. Draft technical regulations on the safety of machines and equipment

The Government of the Russian Federation, with consideration for the discussion, has adopted a draft resolution on the above issue.

IV. Introducing amendments to the acts of the Government of the Russian Federation regarding the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved a draft resolution on the above issue.

V. The powers of the Federal Space Agency in using government aviation

The government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft resolution on the above issue.

VI. Draft Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to Articles 8 and 24 of the Federal Law On Higher and Post-Graduate Professional Education

The government of the Russian Federation has approved the Draft Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to Articles 8 and 24 of the Federal Law On Higher and Post-Graduate Professional Education and will submit it to the State Duma according to the established procedure.

VII. Signing an agreement between the Russian Federation and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development on a loan to finance the Reform of the Housing and Utilities Sector in Russia

The government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

VIII. Draft Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Iceland on Simplifying the Visa Issuing Process for Citizens of the Russian Federation and Iceland

The government of the Russian Federation has approved the Draft Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Iceland on Simplifying the Visa Issuing Process for Citizens of the Russian Federation and Iceland and will submit it to the State Duma according to the established procedure.

IX. Signing the Protocol on Introducing an Amendment to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Collective Security Treaty Organization on the Terms of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation's Presence on the territory of the Russian Federation of December 19, 2003

The government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

X. Introducing amendments to the Statute on the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency, the Statute on the Federal Road Agency, the Statute on the Transport Ministry of the Russian Federation, the Statute on the Federal Railway Transport Agency, the Statute on the Federal Transport Supervision Service and the Statute on the Federal Air Navigation Service

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft resolution on the above issue.

XI. Introducing amendments to Government Decree No. 260 of June 1, 2004

The government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft resolution on the above issue.

XII. Allocation to the Government of the Karachayevo-Circassian Republic of money from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief, and the issue of government housing certificates, in order to mitigate the consequences of the earthquake which occurred on the territory of the Karachayevo-Circassian Republic on October 11, 2008.

The government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

Moscow, August 25, 2009

* Decisions on the items on the agenda are made with due account of the remarks and proposals expressed at the Government meeting and are issued as official documents of the Government of the Russian Federation