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Vladimir Putin signed executive orders awarding the 2021 Presidential Prize for Young Culture Professionals and the 2021 Presidential Prize for Writing and Art for Children and Young People.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov chaired a meeting of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations Presidium to review the state ethnic policy in 2021, as well as other topical matters.

Presidential aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Development of General-Purpose Aviation and GLONASS-based Navigation and Information Technologies. The meeting was attended by representatives of the State Council Commission for Transport.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Alexander Bolshunov, the gold medallist of the mass start skiing race at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, on winning his third Olympic gold medal.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to Anna Shcherbakova, winner of the women’s figure skating singles competition at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Alexei Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov and Sergei Ustyugov, winners of the men’s 4x5 km cross-country relay skiing race at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the 40^th Nationwide Mass Ski Race Lyzhnya Rossii.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to Yulia Stupak, Natalya Nepryayeva, Tatyana Sorina and Veronika Stepanova, winners of the women’s 4x5 cross-country relay race at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Chair of the Presidium of the Council for Interethnic Relations Magomedsalam Magomedov and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Chair of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin launched the 19^thMy Country – My Russia nationwide competition of youth projects.

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On Awarding the 2021 Presidential Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Mark Kondratyuk, Kamila Valiyeva, Anastasia Mishina, Alexander Gallyamov, Viktoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov on winning the team figure skating event at the 24^th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Alexander Bolshunov on winning the 30 km (15 km + 15 km) cross-country skiing event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.

The presentation of state decorations took place at the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.

Vladimir Putin sent a message congratulating the KAMAZ-Master sports team Dmitry Sotnikov, Ruslan Akhmadeyev and Ilgiz Akhmetzyanov on winning the 2022 Dakar Rally in the truck class.

Presidential Aide Dmitry Mironov chaired a meeting of the Council for Cossack Affairs to sum up the results of 2021 and outline plans for 2022.

Vladimir Putin held, via videoconference, a joint meeting of the State Council and the Presidential Council for Science and Education. The participants discussed the results of the Year of Science and Technology in Russia and the further development of the country’s scientific potential.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Magomedsalam Magomedov chaired a meeting of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations Presidium.

Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and National Projects.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Shamil Tarpishchev, Daniil Medvedev, Andrei Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Karen Khachanov and Yevgeny Donskoy, members of the Russian Tennis Federation team, who won the Davis Cup 2021, the leading international team event in men’s tennis, in Madrid, Spain.