Ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory, Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visited the memorial complex To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Kurgan.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Ali Khamenei and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian on the deaths and mass destruction caused by an explosion in the port of Shahid Rajaee.

Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa on the country's national day, Freedom Day.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants in the First Russian-African Exercises of Rapid Response Teams for Emergency Situations of Sanitary-Epidemiological Nature.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the terrorist attack near Pahalgam.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia.

Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin with Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who is in Russia on a state visit.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa.

The President signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Eurasian Reinsurance Company on the Terms of the Eurasian Reinsurance Company’s Stay on the Territory of the Russian Federation.

The President signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Republic of Belarus, and the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus on Cooperation and the Exchange of Information, including Confidential Information, in the Field of Monitoring and (or) Oversight of the Financial Market.

The President signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Treaty on the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

During the meeting, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief heard a report by Chief of the General Staff of Russia’s Armed Forces – First Deputy Minister of Defence Valery Gerasimov on the situation along the line of contact and announced that Russia will stop all combat action from 6 pm of April 19 until 12 am, April 21.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi, who is in Moscow on a visit.

Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who is on an official visit in Russia.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with Alexander Trufanov, his mother Yelena, and his fiancée Sapir Cohen.