Ministerial Decree No. 1200 validating the modalities of transfer of forest land into the category of non forest land for the purposes not related to forestry and use of the stock of forest and (or) expropriation of the stock of forest land.

Premier decrees that transfer of forest land into the category of non forest land for the purposes not related to forestry and use of the stock of forest and (or) expropriation of the stock of forest land must be carried out: a) for the forests of the 1st category by the Government of the Russian Federation upon presentation by the regional executive bodies coordinated with the Federal Forest service; b) for the forests of the 2nd and the 3rd categories by regional executive bodies upon presentation by the respective territorial body of the Federal Forest Service. Transfer and (or) expropriation of the stock of forest land must be carried out by initiative of legal persons or natural persons by consent of Federal Forest Service, State Committee on Land Resources and Land Survey, State Committee for Environmental Protection (on the grounds of the resolution of state ecological expertise) and other bodies concerned.