Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council.

Vladimir Putin had a separate meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Military Industry of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Vladimir Putin met with Egyptian First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Military Industry Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and the Foreign Minister of Egypt Nabil Fahmy.

Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika following a military plane crash that took many lives.

While visiting the media centre in Sochi, Vladimir Putin answered Georgian journalists’ questions about the Georgian team’s participation in the 2014 Olympics and bilateral relations.

Vladimir Putin and Almazbek Atambayev discussed various aspects of Russian-Kyrgyzstani cooperation, as well as regional issues.

Vladimir Putin continued a series of meetings with heads of state and government who came to the opening of the 2014 Olympics. The Russian President and Prime Minister of Japan discussed issues pertaining to bilateral relations.

Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte.

Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Following the Russian-Chinese talks, Vladimir Putin and President of China Xin Jinping had a video conference with the commanding officers of the Russian heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky and Chinese frigate Yancheng that are taking part in the removal of chemical weapon components from Syria on the specialised Danish vessel Ark Futura.

Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping discussed bilateral cooperation in trade and the economy, as well as international affairs, including joint participation of Russian and Chinese service members in the operation to remove chemical weapons from Syria.

On the eve of the Sochi Olympics, Vladimir Putin met with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to discuss bilateral cooperation, including in trade, the economy, humanitarian and military spheres.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation in Information Security.

Vladimir Putin singed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan on Cooperation in the Transportation, Distribution and Sale of Natural Gas on the Territory of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron.

Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.

Vladimir Putin met with Government members to discuss improving legislation on land relations and housing construction, social development and a number of current issues, in particular financial and energy cooperation with Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras in Brussels, where the leaders discussed issues of bilateral cooperation.

Vladimir Putin took part in the Russia-EU summit meeting.