Vladimir Putin met with Russian and foreign cultural figures who are participating in joint cultural projects. The meeting took place ahead of the opening ceremony of the Fifth St Petersburg International Cultural Forum.

Vladimir Putin chaired a joint meeting of the Council for Culture and Art and the Council on the Russian Language in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin met with US actor Steven Seagal. The President presented the actor with his new Russian passport and congratulated him on receiving Russian citizenship.

Vladimir Putin met with Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy Bernard Arnault in the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin conveyed his condolences on the death of outstanding musician Garry Grodberg to his widow, Natalya Grodberg.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Celebrating the 500^th Anniversary of the Tula Kremlin in 2020.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov attended the opening ceremony of the tenth Russian World Assembly.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Establishing the National Public-State Organisation Russian Cultural Foundation.

Vladimir Putin expressed his profound condolences and support for the family of Vladimir Zeldin and the entire company of the Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army following Mr Zeldin’s passing.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to all taking part in a ceremony inaugurating the Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Centre in Paris.

Vladimir Putin and Prince Albert II of Monaco took part in opening the exhibition The Romanovs and the Grimaldis. Three Centuries of History at the Tretyakov Gallery as part of the cultural programme of the Days of Monaco in Russia.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to all the organisers and guests of the historic-documentary exhibition The Romanovs and the Grimaldis. Three Centuries of History: XVII-XX Centuries that opened in the Moscow Tretyakov Gallery.

After the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum, Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev watched new Russian-Kazakh film “Panfilov’s Twenty-Eight Guardsmen”, directed by Andrei Shalopa.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the first Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Festival.

Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on developing transport infrastructure in the Southern Federal District in Kerch.

Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to artist and animated film director Yury Norshteyn on his 75^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin congratulated singer, composer, poet and People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Rozenbaum on his birthday.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the staff, students and graduates of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory on its 150^th anniversary.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants and organisers of the 10^th Moscow International Frederic Chopin Competition for Young Pianists.