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COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DES GRANDS BARRAGES ------- VINGT-SIXIÈME CONGRÈS DES GRANDS BARRAGES Autriche, juillet 2018 ------- SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF RELIABLE OPERATION OF DAMS IN RUSSIA Evgeniy Bellendir CEO, JSC INSTITUTE HYDROPROJECT Elena Filippova Head of the department “Information and analytical center on the safety of hydraulic structures”, JSC VEDENEEV VNIIG Oleg Buryakov Research engineer, JSC VEDENEEV VNIIG RUSSIA 1. INTRODUCTION The report includes information on the state policy of Russia in the sphere of the safety and reliability of dams, on other laws and standard legal acts and on organization of surveillance of dams. 2. SAFETY MAINTENANCE LEGISLATURE OF RUSSIA In Russia the maintenance of safety and reliability of hydraulic structures is obligatory to their owners or operators. The control of its quality is a state function implemented by federal executive authorities. One of the basic laws in the sphere of safety and reliability of hydraulic structures is the Federal Law “On the safety of hydraulic structures” [1], which was adopted 20 years ago. According to this law, maintenance of safety of 898