Russian Federation together with presenting monthly reports on their achievability to the President. Among the members of the CLI Council are also listed: professor V.V. Blazheev, the principal of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), professor A.K. Golitchenkov, the dean of the Law Department of the Moscow State University (MSU), professor N.A. Sheveleva, the dean of the Law Department of Saint Petersburg State University (SPBGU), and V.A. Bublik, the principal of the Urals State Law University (USLA). On December 3, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Shumkov, the Chairperson, and the members of the Council of the CLI, who are the heads of the top legal institutions and departments. Shumkov presented the progress of the CLI concerning the collection and generalization of suggestions for the Civil Code of the Russian Federation revision and informed the head of the state about the intention to establish educational centers of Russian law abroad. Putin offered an appraisal of the work fulfilled and discussed the perspectives of the CLI with its members. In 2012 Shumkov was the Chairperson of the Board of the 2012 Elections Situation Centre. The Situation Centre was initiated by noted Russian lawyers on the premises of some of the leading academic institutions of the country, namely, the Law Department of the Moscow State University (MSU), the Law Department of Saint Petersburg State University (SPBGU), the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) and the Urals State Law University (USLA). The 2012 Elections Situation Centre was run on private donations and was situated at Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). Young lawyers from all 83 regions performed the functions of election observers at 86, 000 polling stations. More than 500 young lawyers worked at the Situation Centre, where they processed the incoming information and operated the hotline 24/7. Both Russian and international observers appraised the organizational management and pointed out the high-scale engagement of the youth in the nation's activity. Two months prior to, and on the very day of the elections 4 500 inquiries were received at the center, and the observers conducted an immediate meticulous examination of each of them. The installation of a unique system allowed all the reports of proceedings from the polling stations to be streamed online to the Situation Centre’s website on Election Day. On February 1, 2012, on the first day of the electoral campaign Vladimir Putin, the Chairman of the Government