The President signed Executive Order On Awarding the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called to Nikita Mikhalkov.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants, organisers, and guests of the 23^rd Yury Ozerov International Military Film Festival.

Presidential Adviser, Chair of the Russian World Foundation’s Supervisory Council, Chair of the Council for State Policy on Promoting the Russian Language and Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation, Yelena Yampolskaya, addressed the opening ceremony of the 17^th Russian World Assembly.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Certain Issues of State Culture Policy.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants and guests of the 6^th Russian Creative Week forum.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the Petrovsky Ball in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants and guests of the 20^th All-Russian Open Festival-Forum of Children’s and Youth Screen Art “Boomerang.”

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

Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the 11^th St Petersburg International United Cultures Forum.

The President signed the Executive Order on celebrating Fyodor Tyutchev’s 225^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to Yevgeny Knyazev, Rector of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, stage and film actor, and People’s Artist of Russia, on his 70^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the Istoki (Origins) National Youth Historical and Cultural Forum.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants of the solemn opening of the Tavrida-ART Festival of Young Multi-Ethnic Art.

Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visited the Smolensk Skete of the Valaam Transfiguration of the Saviour stauropegial monastery.

Vladimir Putin wished a happy 85^th birthday to composer David Tukhmanov, People’s Artist of Russia.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Vladimir Region Governor Alexander Avdeyev.

Concluding his working trip to the Ural Federal District, Vladimir Putin visited the Prityazhenie (Attraction) year-round urban resort, where he inspected the park’s scale model and the world’s largest musical fountain, The Steel Heart of the Motherland.

Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the family and friends of the late Alexander Mitta.