Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov held the final meeting of the working group to draft the Basics of the State Cultural Policy. The final version of the document will be submitted to the President at a joint meeting of the State Council and the Council for Culture and Art.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to guests and participants in the IX Forum of Creative and Academic Intellectuals of the CIS Member States.

In St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin met with Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

Vladimir Putin attended a reception honouring the 250^th anniversary of the State Hermitage.

Vladimir Putin congratulated National Artist of the USSR Alisa Freindlikh on her birthday and accompanied the actress on a tour of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, which was restored on her initiative.

While on a working trip to the Northwest Federal District, Vladimir Putin visited the restored Church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Tsarskoye Selo and viewed the exhibits at the church’s museum.

Vladimir Putin took part in unveiling of a monument to Emperor Alexander I in Alexander Garden by the Kremlin wall.

Vladimir Putin attended an evening honouring the memory of writer, director and actor Vasily Shukshin.

Vladimir Putin met with composer Alexandra Pakhmutova and poet Nikolai Dobronravov ahead of Ms Pakhmutova’s 85^th birthday on November 9.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amending the Federal Law on Cultural Heritage Sites (Historical and Cultural Monuments) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation and Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin congratulated faculty members, students and alumni of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute under the Vakhtangov Theatre on its 100^th anniversary.

Vladimir Putin visited the Lermontov National Memorial Estate Tarkhany. October 15 marks 200 years since the birth of Russian poet and writer Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841).

The President will take part in a plenary session of the Russian Popular Front forum Quality Education for the Country's Good, which is to take place in Penza.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greeting to the organisers, participants and guests of the Children’s Land charity concert.

Vladimir Putin singed a list of instructions following his meeting with culture figures on August 14, 2014.

Vladimir Putin met with members of the museum community to discuss prospects for developing local history research in the regions and measures to support local history museums.

The discussion with representatives of the museum community will focus on the development of local history studies and local history museums as educational centres accessible to the public.

Vladimir Putin congratulated musician Vladimir Spivakov, artistic director and chief conductor of the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, on his 70^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences following the passing of famous Soviet and Lithuanian actor and director Donatas Banionis to his son, Raimundas Banionis.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greeting to the participants and guests of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival.