Vladimir Putin signed executive orders awarding the 2016 Presidential Prize for Young Culture Professionals and the 2016 Presidential Prize for Writing and Art for Children and Young People.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants in the Figaro National Acting Award ceremony.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Russia’s women on International Women’s Day.

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On Celebrating the 75^th Anniversary of the Victory by the Soviet Army in the Battle of Stalingrad against Nazi German Troops.

Vladimir Putin attended the show Don’t Leave Your Planet that opened the 10^th Anniversary Winter International Arts Festival under the direction of Yury Bashmet.

Vladimir Putin met with Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky and General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre Vladimir Urin.

Vladimir Putin visited the Tretyakov State Gallery to see the exhibitions “Roma Aeterna – Masterpieces of the Vatican Pinacotheca: Bellini, Raphael, Caravaggio” and “Masterpieces of Byzantium”, which opened today.

Vladimir Putin congratulated choreographer, National Artist of the USSR Yury Grigorovich on his 90^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin visited a new sight of the Moscow Kremlin: museum windows that make it possible to view the archeological shafts on Ivanovskaya Square and see excavation sites and elements of ancient buildings.

Vladimir Putin met with the film crew of the movie Viking, which is based on the Tale of Bygone Years.

Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions on preserving and developing the federal-level cultural heritage site Yeseninskaya Rus – the site associated with the life and work of poet Sergei Yesenin.

Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony of the Fifth St Petersburg International Cultural Forum.

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.