Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Turkish side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin met at Strelna with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev to discuss bilateral cooperation and future plans for joint work, including within the Eurasian Economic Union.

Vladimir Putin will visit Astana on March 20 at the invitation of President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to take part in a summit between the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Venezuela.

Vladimir Putin will meet with President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov on March 18.

Vladimir Putin will meet with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev in St Petersburg on March 16.

Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Protocol to the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, signed by the Russian Federation on May 6, 2014.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Spain on Cooperation in the Adoption of Children.

The President signed Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on Procedures for the Arrival of Russian Citizens on Armenian Territory and Armenian Citizens on Russian Territory.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratifying the Protocol on Amending the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Providing a Financial Loan to the Government of the Republic of Cyprus of December 23, 2011.

The President signed Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement on the New Development Bank.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi, who was in Russia on a working visit.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to the families and friends of the miners who were killed or injured in the explosion at the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk.

Vladimir Putin met with Government members to discuss state socioeconomic policy. Changes to the federal budget parameters and the situation with Russian gas supplies to Ukraine were also discussed.

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko took part in a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

The President of Belarus, Chairman of the Supreme State Council of the Union State has been awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for his great personal contribution to the development of friendly relations between Russia and Belarus, to strengthening bilateral cooperation in the political, defence, economic and social spheres.