Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the 9^th BRICS Legal Forum, which opened in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The President of Russia held a meeting with high-ranking representatives of BRICS states responsible for security matters at the Constantine Palace.

Vladimir Putin met Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, at the Tauride Palace in Saint-Petersburg.

President Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Zhao Leji on the sidelines of the 10^th BRICS Parliamentary Forum.

Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum. The event is taking place at the Tauride Palace in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin met with Dilma Rousseff, President of the BRICS New Development Bank.

Igor Levitin and Dmitry Chernyshenko co-chaired a meeting of the BRICS Sport Games International Multi-Sport Event Organising Committee.

Vladimir Putin took part in an extraordinary BRICS summit on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, held via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in the BRICS Plus/Outreach format meeting.

At the 15^th BRICS Summit, held in Johannesburg, heads of state from this interstate association made statements for the media.

Vladimir Putin took part in an informal meeting of BRICS leaders via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin made a video address to guests and participants in the BRICS Business Forum, which is traditionally held ahead of the BRICS summit.

On August 22–24, Vladimir Putin will take part, via videoconference, in the 15^th BRICS Summit that is being held under the Chairmanship of South Africa.