Governor of Novgorod Region Sergei Mitin briefed Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation on all of the circumstances of the tragedy.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with heads of Russian regions voted in during regional elections held on the single election day.

Vladimir Putin held a Security Council meeting on main government policy areas in the North Caucasus Federal District.

The meeting will discuss the main lines of Russia’s state policy in the North Caucasus Federal District.

Vladimir Putin met with Acting Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin and teachers from Moscow schools.

Vladimir Putin visited general school No. 7 in Kurgan on the first day of the new school year.

Vladimir Putin made a short stop in Krasnoyarsk on his way from Vladivostok to Kurgan, and had a working meeting with Governor of Krasnoyarsk Territory Lev Kuznetsov.

Vladimir Putin visited an oceanarium under construction on Russky Island in Vladivostok.

After meeting with staff and students at Far Eastern Federal University, Vladimir Putin visited the university’s medical centre.

While on a working visit to Primorye Territory, Vladimir Putin met with teachers and students at Far Eastern Federal University and congratulated them on Knowledge Day, which Russia celebrates on September 1.

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On Relief Measures Following Large-Scale Flooding in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Primorye and Khabarovsk Territories, Amur and Magadan Regions and the Jewish Autonomous Region.

Vladimir Putin visited Ocean national children’s centre, as well as a hockey and sports complex under construction, and the Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the socioeconomic development of Primorye Territory.

Vladimir Putin continued a series of meetings on clean-up and relief efforts after flooding in the Far East.

Vladimir Putin met with municipal heads from Amur Region.

The President made a helicopter flight over flood-affected areas in the region before meeting in Birobidzhan with local authorities from the affected urban districts and municipalities.

Vladimir Putin visited one of the temporary shelters set up in Khabarovsk and spoke with city residents affected by the flooding.