Vladimir Putin had talks with President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro, who arrived in Moscow to take part in the celebrations of the 70^th anniversary of Victory.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the XXIV Congress of the International Association of Public Organisations of Survivors of the Siege of Hero City Leningrad, which opened in St Petersburg ahead of the 70^th anniversary of Victory celebrations.

In the run-up to celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov gave an interview to Russia Today TV Channel.

During his working trip to St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin visited the LenExpo exposition grounds to see the Battle for Berlin – The Banner Bearers’ Feat military historical panorama.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in the opening of the Pobeda [Victory] exhibition at the State Historical Museum.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov held the final meeting of the organising committee preparing the celebrations of the 70^th Anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War.

Vladimir Putin met with Deputy State Duma Speaker and Deputy Head of the United Russia party’s Duma faction Sergei Neverov.

Vladimir Putin met in Staraya Russa with Great Patriotic War veterans and members of Russian search movements taking part in the Memory Watch national commemorative event.

Vladimir Putin signed executive orders conferring the title of City of Military Glory on Staraya Russa, Gatchina, Petrozavodsk, Grozny, and Feodosia.

While on a trip to Novgorod Region, Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary meeting of the Memory Watch 2015 national commemorative event, which officially got underway in the Novgorod Region town of Staraya Russa.

Vladimir Putin chaired the 36^th meeting of the Russian Victory Organising Committee at the Grand Kremlin Palace. Great Patriotic War veterans and heads of veteran and youth public organisations also took part in the meeting.

On March 17, Vladimir Putin will chair at the Kremlin the 36^th meeting of the Russian Pobeda [Victory] Organising Committee.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On a One-Time Payment to Certain Categories of Citizens of the Russian Federation in Connection with the 70^th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

The President paid tribute to fallen soldiers by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall. 

In the run-up to the Defenders of the Fatherland holiday, Vladimir Putin presented medals commemorating the 70^th anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War to war veterans.