OREANDA-NEWS A new version of the strategy for scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation will be finalized following a meeting of the Council for Science and Education, which will be headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"The President will hold a meeting of the Council for Science and Education, which will be held via videoconference. There will be an important event, a serious discussion. As a result, a new version of the strategy of scientific and technological development of our country will be finalized. A very important document. This work will be finalized," Peskov said.

During the meeting, in addition to the President, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov, Head of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Gennady Krasnikov, assistant to the Head of state Andrei Fursenko will make reports.