Vladimir Putin met with President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela at the Kremlin. The Panamanian leader has come to Moscow to attend the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Vladimir Putin met with the elected President of the Republic of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez, who arrived in Moscow to take part in the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony.

Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan who is in Russia for the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Council of Ministers of the Lebanese Republic Saad Hariri in the Kremlin. The two leaders discussed, in particular, ways to step up bilateral economic cooperation.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Evo Morales in the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame to discuss various aspects of bilateral cooperation. The Rwandan leader came to Russia for the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Vladimir Putin received President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in the Kremlin. The President of Azerbaijan arrived in Russia to attend the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests of the 13^th Festival of Russian Culture in Japan.

After the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, Vladimir Putin met with Russian journalists.

Vladimir Putin took part in the meeting of the Council of SCO Heads of State.

A trilateral meeting between Vladimir Putin, President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga took place in Qingdao.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the Ukrainian side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga on the sidelines of the SCO summit.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Iran Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Qingdao.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on the sidelines of the SCO summit.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Qingdao.

The President of Russia arrived in Qingdao to take part in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

The President of the Republic of Korea will pay an official visit to Russia on June 21–23 at Vladimir Putin's invitation.

President of China Xi Jinping awarded the Order of Friendship of the People’s Republic of China to Vladimir Putin. The President of Russia is the first foreign leader to be awarded this high national order of China.