During his trip to the Irkutsk Region, Mr Putin will attend the meeting of the council of the inter-regional association Siberian Agreement and visit some social and industrial infrastructure facilities.
In his trip he is accompanied by Agriculture and Food Minister Alexei Gordeyev, Science and Technology Minister Mikhail Kirpichnikov, Economy Minister Andrei Shapovalyants, Fuel and Energy Minister Viktor Kalyuzhny, Chairman of the State Customs Committee Mikhail Vanin, Director of the Federal Border Guard Service Konstantin Totsky, Gazprom's chairman of the board Rem Vyakhirev and RAO UES’ CEO Anatoly Chubais.