Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions following a meeting of the Council for Culture and Art on December 25, 2015.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants and guests of the 29^th Nika National Film Award ceremony.

On Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

The 2015 Russian Federation Presidential Prize for Young Cultural Professionals and the 2014 Russian Federation Presidential Prize for writing and art for children and young people will be awarded on March 25, the professional holiday of cultural workers.

Vladimir Putin signed executive orders awarding the 2015 Presidential Prize for young cultural workers and the 2015 Presidential Prize for writing and art for children and young people.

Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to film director and holder of the National Artist of Russia title Valery Fokin on his 70^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants and guests of the IX International Winter Art Festival in Sochi.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants in the XIV Golden Eagle National Film Award presentation ceremony.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the XXIV International Christmas Educational Conference Tradition and Innovation: Culture, Society and the Individual.

Vladimir Putin congratulated singer Jose Placido Domingo Embil on his 75^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin visited the Valentin Serov: The 150th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery at Krymsky Val in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to composer, conductor and pianist, National Artist of the USSR Raimonds Pauls on his 80^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin attended a concert of the Children’s Choir of Russia.

The Children’s Choir of Russia is a team of a thousand young performers representing virtually the entire country that was created in 2013 on the initiative of the National Choral Society with the support of the Government and the Culture Ministry. The choir made its debut in January 2014 at the Mariinsky Theatre.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art in the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin sent congratulations to the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra on the 85^th anniversary of its creation.

On December 25, at the Kremlin Vladimir Putin will chair a meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Ars.

The meeting, chaired by Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, summed up the 2015 results of implementing the plan of key activities to prepare for and hold celebrations, and identified priority objectives for 2016.

Vladimir Putin took part in a ceremony closing the Year of Literature and opening the Year of Russian Cinema. The event took place on the new stage of the State Academic Mariinsky Theatre.

Vladimir Putin met with Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Cultural Forum.

Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the IV St Petersburg International Cultural Forum.