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

Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev took part in the opening ceremony of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre.

Vladimir Putin visited the workshops of Ural Transport Machine Building Design Bureau at Research and Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil.

Vladimir Putin held a State Council Presidium meeting in Nizhny Tagil on carrying out state policy on import replacement in the regions.

Vladimir Putin visited the renovated auditorium and museum at Nizhny Tagil Drama Theatre named after Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak.

While on a trip to Sverdlovsk Region, Vladimir Putin visited the Presidentsky Health and Fitness Centre in Nizhny Tagil. The President visited the sports hall and hockey arena, and spoke with young athletes.

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

Vladimir Putin visited the Ural Locomotives company in Verkhnyaya Pyshma during his visit to Sverdlovsk Region.

Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the 10^th Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum, with Industrial Cooperation as the anniversary event’s theme.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev before the start of the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Forum.

Mr Kuyvashev briefed Vladimir Putin on the situation in the region’s industrial sectors and on the social sector development.

Vladimir Putin, Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso viewed the venue model of Yekaterinburg’s Expo 2020 Bid.

Meeting participants discussed the development of Nizhny Tagil. Regional representatives also attended the meeting.

Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev briefed Vladimir Putin on the region’s socioeconomic situation.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov introduced newly appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy Igor Kholmanskikh to the governors of the regions in the Urals Federal District.

Vladimir Putin presented in the Kremlin the Order of Parental Glory to parents of large families raising between 7 and 13 children. The families come from eight Russia regions: Volgograd, Kaluga, Nizhny Novgorod and Sverdlovsk regions, Trans-Baikal and Khabarovsk territories and republics of Ingushetia and Komi.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Yevgeny Kuyvashev on taking office as Sverdlovsk Region Governor.

Issues discussed at the meeting included ways to improve legislation on rallies and demonstrations and responsibility for violations in organising and conducting such events.