Russia: Putin talks oil and gas sector with Environment Minister Donskoi

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergei Donskoi in Moscow, Friday, to discuss the state of the country’s domestic oil and gas sector. SOT, Sergei Donskoi, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (in Russian): “First of all, [I would like to mention] that the volume of geological exploration, financed from the federal budget in 2015, has decreased in comparison to 2014 because of the current economic situation. Before this year the level