March 7 – the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Alexander Novak, and UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, signed the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the establishment of the International Competence Center for Mining Engineering Education in Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation) under the auspices of UNESCO at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
October 18 – The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a resolution approving the Federal Law on the Ratification of the Agreement (Project No. 542836-7).
October 24 – The Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved the Federal Law on the Ratification of the Agreement.
October 30 – The President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law No. 372-FZ on the ratification of the agreement.
2018