Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions following the State and Civil Society: Cooperation in the Name of Development National Forum held on January 15, 2015.

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the National Forum State and Civil Society: Cooperation in the Name of Development.

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Russian Popular Front Action Forum.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Basic Principles of Public Oversight in the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with members of the Russian Federation Civic Chamber.

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the First Media Forum of Independent Regional and Local Media organised by the Russian Popular Front national public movement.

Vladimir Putin met with core members of the Russian Popular Front national public movement.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the autonomous non-commercial organisation Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.

Vladimir Putin took part in the annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma draft federal law On Basic Principles of Public Oversight in the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin took part in a conference, the Action Forum, organised by the Russian Popular Front. Conference participants discussed key issues concerning the implementation of the main presidential policy lines in healthcare, the economy, housing and utilities, education and culture.

Vladimir Putin took part in the first conference of the Russian Popular Front held under the theme Building Social Justice.

Vladimir Putin met with leadership of OPORA Russia, a national non-governmental organisation for small and medium entrepreneurship. The meeting focused on the issues faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Russia.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with representatives of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the Chamber of Commerce, Agency for Strategic Initiatives, national public associations Delovaya Rossiya and OPORA Russia.

The President signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Federal Law On Public Supervision over the Observance of Human Rights at Detention Facilities and Assistance to Persons at Detention Facilities and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

The President signed Executive Order approving the regulations on the Russian Federation Interior Ministry Public Council.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Public Councils Affiliated with the Russian Federation Ministry of the Interior and its Regional Offices.

Dmitry Medvedev discussed the current state of Russia’s judicial system and examined its development prospects with the heads of the country’s highest courts, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Justice Ministry.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amending Various Laws of the Russian Federation with Regard to Adopting the Federal Law On Public Supervision over the Observance of Human Rights at Detention Facilities and Assistance to Persons at Detention Facilities.