To improve and ensure the effective implementation of state culture policy, the President has resolved to establish the Presidential Council for Culture and to institute the Presidential Prize in Culture for works and projects for children and youth.
According to the Executive Order, three Presidential Prizes in Culture will be awarded annually for works and projects for children and youth, each valued at 5 million rubles.
The previously existing Presidential Council for Culture and Art is hereby abolished.
The Government of the Russian Federation has been issued the relevant instructions to this end.