On August 15, the President of Finland Sauli Niinisto is to pay a working visit to Sochi, Russia at Vladimir Putin’s invitation.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas on the Palestinian side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Vladimir Putin held talks in Sochi with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of France Francois Hollande.

The meeting between the President of Russia and the President of Egypt, who is currently in Russia on an official visit, began with an informal visit to one of the Olympic venues in the mountain cluster.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.

During the conversation, Vladimir Putin congratulated Recip Tayyip Erdogan on his victory in Turkey’s first ever direct presidential election.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev in Sochi. The two presidents discussed, in particular, key issues in bilateral relations and prospects for Kyrgyzstan’s accession to the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union.

Vladimir Putin held a trilateral meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan in Sochi.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan in Sochi. The two leaders discussed current issues of Russian-Armenian cooperation in various fields and ways to reach settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the Sochi residence. During the talks, the two leaders discussed a number of bilateral and regional issues, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev will make a working visit to Russia at Vladimir Putin’s invitation on August 11.

On the same day, the President will give the signal via video linkup to start exploratory drilling operations at the West Alpha drilling rig in the Kara Sea, and will visit the fifth annual PLOTFORMA S-70 international combat sambo championship.

Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the Egyptian side's initiative.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel on the German side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Special Economic Measures to Protect the Russian Federation’s Security.

Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to President of India Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi following floods that have caused much loss of life in Maharashtra State.