Vladimir Putin took part in the ceremony launching passenger traffic on the Moscow Central Ring railway. The President inspected the Luzhniki station and travelled to the Ploshchad Gagarina station.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky to discuss development of Moscow’s culture sector.

Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions on preserving the Novodevichy Convent ensemble as an especially valuable object of the Russian Federation’s heritage.

The Moscow Mayor briefed the President on the development of the city’s transport infrastructure.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov took part in a joint meeting of the Council of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District and the Central Federal District Civic Chamber.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in an expanded meeting of the Federal Taxation Service Board.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Mr Sobyanin briefed the President on the current state of the city’s transport infrastructure and future prospects for developing this sphere, as well as on the situation in the social sector. Attracting investment into Moscow’s economy was also a subject of discussion.

On August 4, Vladimir Putin will visit Moscow’s VDNKh (Exhibition of National Economic Achievements) complex, where Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin will report on the reconstruction and development work at the site.

The socioeconomic situation in Moscow was the subject of discussion.

Mr Sobyanin briefed Vladimir Putin on Moscow’s development trends and the preliminary results for 2014.

Vladimir Putin met with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Deputy Director of the Moscow Kremlin Museums Andrei Batalov, Rector of Moscow Architectural Institute Dmitry Shvidkovsky, and Kremlin Commandant Sergei Khlebnikov to discuss a project to restore the Ascension Monastery and Chudov Monastery on the Kremlin grounds.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to discuss issues pertaining to cadastral valuation of lands for taxation purposes, housing construction and infrastructure development in the capital city.

Vladimir Putin attended the unveiling of a monument to Sergei Mikhalkov.

Vladimir Putin instructed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to draft a programme of measures for restoring the Novodevichy Convent to its historical appearance.

Sergei Sobyanin briefed the President on the state and development prospects of Moscow’s healthcare system and transport infrastructure.

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

Vladimir Putin met with Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Federal Migration Service Director Konstantin Romodanovsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee Vasily Piskarev and Acting Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin to discuss issues of fighting crime at major markets and countering corruption within the law enforcement agencies.

Social sector issues, including healthcare modernisation, public sector pay rises, and developing Moscow’s transport infrastructure, were the main subjects of discussion.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov noted that today the GLONASS system is fully functional in many Russia regions, including Moscow.