Ahead of his visit to Italy, Vladimir Putin gave an interview to the newspaper Il Corriere della Sera.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras.

Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with participants in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meeting.

Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico.

Vladimir Putin and President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov discussed prospects for developing bilateral relations, in particular, the implementation of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia on Alliance and Integration, signed on March 18, 2015.

President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov will be on a working visit to Russia on June 1 at Vladimir Putin’s invitation.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and President of France Francois Hollande.

The President will meet with Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico, who will be visiting Russia.

Vladimir Putin met with former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing.

Vladimir Putin received letters of credence from 13 foreign ambassadors in a ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace’s Alexander Hall.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the country’s national holiday, Republic Day.

Vladimir Putin met with high-ranking representatives of BRICS member-states in charge of national security matters who are taking part in the Fifth Annual Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

On May 26, the President will meet with the BRICS countries’ senior officials in charge of security matters on the occasion of the fifth annual Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Andrzej Duda on his election to the post of President of Poland.

Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to African countries’ heads of state and government on Africa Day.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi.

Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Treaty on Alliance and Integration between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia, signed in Moscow on March 18, 2015.

President of Russia will meet with Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi, who will be visiting Moscow at the President of Russia’s invitation.