Late the previous evening, the President had a working meeting with Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members on support measures for various sectors and other current issues.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova to discuss the healthcare situation, including development prospects, current issues and possible solutions. The meeting was part of preparations for an upcoming Russian Popular Front forum.

The President expressed his profound condolences to the families and relatives of the victims of tragic road accidents that took place in Krasnoyarsk Territory and Chechnya.

Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on implementing state anti-drug policy. The meeting participants examined measures to make efforts to combat drug trafficking and drug use more effective.

Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions following a meeting with online entrepreneurs and representatives of the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) on March 27, 2015.

The Healthcare Minister briefed the President on the Ministry’s performance in 2014 and its current activities.

Ms Skvortsova briefed Vladimir Putin on the Healthcare Ministry’s current activities and the interim results for 2014. The healthcare budget for 2015–2016 was also discussed.

Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions following a meeting of the Presidential Commission for Monitoring Targeted Socioeconomic Development Achievement Indicators in the Russian Federation, held on May 7, 2014.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members.

Late yesterday evening, Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova and President of the National Medical Council and Executive Director of the Moscow Clinical and Research Institute of Emergency Children’s Surgery and Trauma Leonid Roshal.

Public funding for healthcare in 2014 and two subsequent years, national preventive medical examinations, and Russia’s demographic situation were among the subjects discussed at the meeting.

Vladimir Putin met with Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova, Labour Minister Maxim Topilin, and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to discuss budget preparation matters.

Vladimir Putin was briefed by Samara Region Governor Nikolai Merkushkin, Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, and Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova on the situation with the explosions at the munitions depot and test ground near Chapayevsk in Samara Region.

The Minister briefed the President on the implementation of the perinatal centre construction programme in Russian regions.

Implementation of the Healthcare Development Programme through to 2020 and demographic issues were the subjects of discussion.