A working meeting between V. V. Nagovitsyn and M. V. Slipenchuk was held on February 12 in the Moscow Representative Office of Republic Buryatia. During the meeting discussed the prospects of Baikal’s regional development and the Fund’s nearest plans for assisting the preservation of Lake Baikal, including the missions facing the second season of the Mir of the Baikal expedition.

V.V. Nagovitsyn awarded M.V. Slipenchuk with a medal 85 years to Republic Buryatiya the big contribution to the Buryat economy and the organization unprecedented on the value and scale of research expedition "Mir" on Baikal.