Water Strategy of the Russian Federation for the period until 2020. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Policy/planning Surface water Groundwater Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Monitoring Industrial water use Disasters Risk assessment/management Flood Waterworks Food security Potable water Sustainable use Right to water Freshwater resources management Pollution control Human rights Geographical area Arctic, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract Water Strategy of the Russian Federation for the period until 2020 is a nationwide multisectoral policy document, which defines the main directions of activity for the development of the water management complex of Russia, ensuring sustainable water use, protection of waterbodies, protection from the negative impact of water, as well as the formation and implementation of the competitive advantages of the Russian Federation in the water sector. This Strategy establishes the basic principles of state policy in the field of use and protection of waterbodies, provides for the adoption and implementation of management decisions for the conservation of water ecosystems, providing the greatest social and economic effect, and the creation of conditions for effective interaction of participants in water relations. Full text Russian Website www.mnr.gov.ru