On November 12, the President will take part via video linkup in a ceremony launching turbine two at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Station, the last of the ten turbines completely modernised during reconstruction work at the power station.
Mr Putin will also visit a new laboratory centre that started work at the Far East Federal University on September 1, 2014. The centre includes laboratories for underwater robotics, mechanics and a petrochemical department opened by oil company Rosneft. Mr Putin will also learn about the work visiting professors are doing at the university.
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On November 13, Mr Putin will hold a meeting on the construction of a shipbuilding centre at the Far East Zvezda plant. An industrial centre for building marine equipment and technology for exploration, production and transport of hydrocarbons is being set up following an instruction Mr Putin gave after a meeting on developing Russia’s civilian shipbuilding sector on August 30, 2013.