"On May 18, Mikhail Mishustin will visit the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, where he will take part in the launch ceremony of the T-15MD tokamak (thermonuclear reactor)," the government said in a statement.

The prime minister is also scheduled to meet with the research team of the institute.

Together with Mishustin, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Head of the Ministry of Education and Science Valery Falkov will take part in the event.