Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the autonomous non-profit organisation Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects (ASI).
Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Minister for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Natural Disaster Relief Alexander Kurenkov and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov.
Prosecutors asked a Moscow court on April 22 to sentence a 38-year-old man to 5 1/2 years in prison for expressing his thoughts during a street interview with a reporter from RFE/RL in July 2022 about the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Kazakh government has sent additional rescue teams to the Central Asian nation's West Kazakhstan region to deal with ongoing floods, which have hit much of the country's north and west. Meanwhile, across the border in southern Russia, officials braced for the Ishim River to crest.