In the run-up to the G20 Leaders' Summit on September 5–6, 2013, Sergei Ivanov inspected Pulkovo airport and the National Congress Palace, including the Constantine Palace and the International Media Centre.
Also involved in the inspection were Russia’s G20 Sherpa and Chief of the Presidential Experts' Directorate Ksenia Yudaeva, Minister of Transport Maksim Sokolov, Governor of St.Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko and Vladimir Kozhin, Chief of the Russian Presidential Property Management Directorate.