“The Council <…> is a consultative and coordinating body under the President of the Russian Federation, created for the purpose of preserving, developing, supporting the Russian language and the languages ​​of the peoples of the Russian Federation, promoting and strengthening the position of the Russian language in the world, ensuring the rights of citizens of the Russian Federation to use the Russian language as the state language of the Russian Federation and the languages ​​of the peoples of the Russian Federation, as well as for the purpose of coordinating the activities of federal government bodies, government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local government bodies, public associations, cultural and art organizations, scientific, educational and other organizations, including non-profit organizations operating in the field of international humanitarian cooperation, on issues related to the preservation, development, support of the Russian language and the languages ​​of the peoples of the Russian Federation,” the document says.