Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Finnish side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin sent a message to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, congratulating him on his election as President of the United Arab Emirates.

At the initiative of the Tajikistani side, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

The President held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz at the German side’s initiative.

A summit meeting of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation will be held in Moscow on May 16 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the organisation.

Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on the occasion of his victory at the elections of President of the Republic of the Philippines.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to Head of the Lugansk People’s Republic Leonid Pasechnik to congratulate him on the Day of the Lugansk People's Republic.

Adviser to the President and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev, as head of the Russian delegation, took part in the high-level segment of the 15^th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification held inAbidjan, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, on May 9–10, 2022.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Alan Gagloev on his election as president of the Republic of South Ossetia.

On the occasion of the 77^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin sent messages of greetings to the leaders and people of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as the peoples of Georgia and Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has sent his Victory Day greetings to Ukrainian veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett.

The President signed an Executive Order On a Provisional Procedure for Meeting Financial Obligations in Corporate Relations to Certain Foreign Creditors.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron.

The President signed the Executive Order On Imposing Retaliatory Special Economic Measures in Connection with the Unfriendly Actions of Certain Foreign States and International Organisations.

The President signed Federal Law On Measures (Countermeasures) in Response to the Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America and Other Foreign States.