Vladimir Putin extended his condolences to the family and friends of Zurab Tsereteli on his passing.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Celebrating the 400^th Anniversary of the Founding of Yakutsk.

Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art.

On Cultural Worker’s Day, a ceremony for presenting the 2024 Presidential Prize for Young Culture Professionals and the 2024 Presidential Prize for Writing and Art for Children and Young People was held in the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.

Vladimir Putin signed executive orders awarding the 2024 Presidential Prize for Young Culture Professionals and the 2024 Presidential Prize for Writing and Art for Children and Young People.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the official opening ceremony of the National Children’s Book Week.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the twelfth Trans-Siberian Art Festival.

Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon took part, via videoconference, in an official ceremony to launch the construction of an international educational centre for gifted children and a new building of the Vladimir Mayakovsky State Russian Drama Theatre.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Celebrations Marking the 200^th Birth Anniversary of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art Vladimir Medinsky was elected head of the Russian Union of Writers at its 17^th Congress.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests of the 17^th Extraordinary Congress of the Union of Writers of Russia.

The President signed an Executive Order On holding the Intervision International Music Contest in 2025.

The President signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the Terms of Construction and Functioning of the state institution the Vladimir Mayakovsky State Russian Dramatic Theatre in the Republic of Tajikistan.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Celebrating the 250^th Anniversary of the Pavlovsk Palace and Park Ensemble.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants and guests of the fifth Pokrovsky Cathedral National Patriotic Festival of Bard Songs.

Presidential Adviser, Chair of the Presidential Council for State Policy on Promoting the Russian Language and Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation Yelena Yampolskaya held a meeting of the Council Presidium.

Vladimir Putin wished a happy 55^th birthday to opera singer and People’s Artist of Russia Khibla Gerzmava.