Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On the State Commission for Socioeconomic Development of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol and On Abolishing the State Commission for Organising the XXII Winter Olympics and XI Winter Paralympics in Sochi in 2014.

Vladimir Putin answered questions from the anchor of TV current affairs programme Vesti v Subbotu Sergei Brilev. The interview was recorded on April 17, immediately after the Direct Line with Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Acting Governor of the City of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Acting Governor of Sevastopol Alexei Chaly and former deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet and reserve Vice- Admiral Sergei Menyailo.

The discussion focused on the further development of the judicial system in Russia in connection with the appearance of new constituent entities – the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, and on issues of merging the Supreme Court and the Higher Arbitration Court.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Protection of Interests of Retail Depositors at Banks and Their Economically Autonomous Structural Subdivisions registered in and/or operating on the territory of the Republic of Crimea or the Territory of the City of Federal Importance of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Special Operation of the Financial System in the Republic of Crimea and City of Federal Importance Sevastopol during the Transition Period.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Orders On the Ministry of Crimean Affairs and On the Minister of Crimean Affairs.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Raising Wages for Public Sector Employees and State and Municipal Employees in the Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On State Support Measures for Pensioners in the Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Measures for Ensuring Social Guarantees for Particular Categories of People Serving in the Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On holding a Celebratory Gun Salute in Moscow, Simferopol and Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Constitutional Law On Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea and Establishing within the Russian Federation the New Constituent Entities of the Republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Importance Sevastopol, and Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea and Establishing within the Russian Federation New Constituent Entities.

A ceremony signing the laws on admitting the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation took place at the Kremlin.

In the course of his meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, the President signed instructions to revive the Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School and to recognise the military ranks and documents of military education of those Ukrainian service members who expressed their will to serve in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The order was signed during a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on the Armenian side’s initiative.

Pursuant to Article 84 (d) of the Constitution of Russia, Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma draft Federal Constitutional Law On the Accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the Creation of New Constituent Entities within the Russian Federation – the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol.

In accordance with Article 84 (d) of the Russian Constitution and the Federal Law On International Treaties of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on the Accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the Creation of New Constituent Entities within the Russian Federation, signed on March 18, 2014 in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members.