This will be the second full meeting of the Council, following the first one held in July of last year. Two weeks ago, on November 21, Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Economic Council Presidium to discuss priority tasks of the national economic policy for 2014–2015.
The Economic Council was established by the Presidential Executive Order of July 16, 2012 to draft suggestions on key areas in the national socioeconomic policy, the economy’s sustainable development and technological renewal. The Council's Presidium was established on October 31, 2013.