OREANDA-NEWS Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to develop measures by October 1 to stimulate regional investments in the modernization of wastewater treatment plants, according to the Kremlin's website.

The President approved a list of instructions following an expanded meeting of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and National Projects and commissions of the State Council.

"To the Government of the Russian Federation together with the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the field of "Environmental well-being" for the implementation of the national goal "Environmental well-being"... to develop measures to stimulate investments by the subjects of the Russian Federation in the modernization of wastewater treatment plants," reads the list of instructions published on the Kremlin's website.