Before the meeting of the Commission on Military Technology Cooperation, the President visited the Nizhny Novgorod 70^th Anniversary of Victory Plant of the Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defence Corporation.

The President began his working visit to Nizhny Novgorod by inspecting the international terminal at Strigino Airport built for 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office attended an opening ceremony for the Memory Watch-2016 national campaign, addressed a plenary meeting of the 3^rd Congress of the Russian Search Movement, the Russian National Public Movement to Perpetuate the Memory of Those Killed While Defending the Motherland. Sergei Ivanov also held a meeting with Acting Governor of Tula Region Alexei Dyumin.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev to discuss the region’s socioeconomic situation.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On the Acting Head of the Republic of Chechnya.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Head of the Republic of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Mr Kadyrov briefed the President on the region’s socioeconomic situation.

The Intergovernmental Commission for Implementing the State Programme to Assist Voluntary Resettlement of Compatriots Living Abroad held its 25^th meeting.

Mr Poltavchenko briefed the President on the current socioeconomic situation in the city.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Head of Kabardino-Balkaria Yury Kokov to discuss the region’s socioeconomic situation.

Mr Kozhemyako briefed Vladimir Putin on the region’s socioeconomic situation and key lines of development over the next five years. Organisation of the coastal fishing industry was also on the agenda.

Vladimir Putin expressed his deep condolences to those who lost their loved ones in a plane crash at the Rostov-on-Don airport.

Vladimir Putin congratulated all those taking part in the We are Together rally and concert on the second anniversary of Crimea and Sevastopol’s reunification with Russia. Mr Putin addressed the rally in central Moscow via a live linkup from Tuzla Island, where the construction headquarters of the Kerch Strait Bridge is located.

On March 18, the President will make a working trip to the Crimean Federal District to inspect the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait at Tuzla Island and to hold a working meeting on the socioeconomic development of Crimea and Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members to discuss measures to develop the Far East, including improvements to the electric power pricing policy, as well as other current issues on the socioeconomic agenda.

In Yaroslavl, Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on road safety in Russia.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Head of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn to discuss the region’s socioeconomic situation.

The Head of the Republic briefed the President on the socioeconomic situation in the region.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Early Termination of Mandate of the Tver Region Governor, releasing Andrei Shevelev from his duties as head of the region, and appointed Igor Rudenya the region’s Acting Governor.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Igor Rudenya, during which he announced his decision to appoint him Acting Governor of Tver Region.

The President had a working meeting with the Head of the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service Alexei Aleshin.