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Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping in connection with the disaster at a coal mine in Shanxi Province.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to chess player and world champion Anatoly Karpov on his 75^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the 14th Anatoly Rakhlin Cup International Judo Cadet Tournament held in St Petersburg.

The President held a briefing session, via videoconference, with permanent members of the Security Council.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting in the Kremlin with the first cohort alumni of the Time of Heroes educational programme, implemented by the Higher School of Public Administration under the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in cooperation with the Russia – Land of Opportunity platform.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the organisers, participants, and guests of the 35^th Golden Knight International Film Forum.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants and guests of the 20th award ceremony of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Return to Life prize.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the faculty, undergraduate and postgraduate students and alumni of the Economic Development Ministry’s Russian Foreign Trade Academy on its 95^th anniversary.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants in the second International Public-Political Hearings on the Formation of a Contour of Equal and Indivisible Security and Cooperation in Greater Eurasia, currently underway in Perm.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The President presented the Russian Federation state decorations in a ceremony in the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.

Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko conducted a nuclear forces exercise (via video link) in accordance with the joint training plan of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the faculty, staff, students, postgraduate students and alumni of the Lev Gumilev Eurasian National University on its 30^th anniversary.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian polar explorers on their professional holiday, Polar Explorer Day.

President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China concluded with a tea reception with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping visited a photo exhibition on the development of Russian-Chinese relations, titled “The Unbreakable Friendship of Great Nations, the Strategic Partnership of Great Powers,” co-hosted by the TASS and Xinhua news agencies.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the Young South (Yug Molodoy) All-Russian Youth Educational Forum.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Li Qiang.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants, organisers and guests of the international conference titled Constitutional Oversight and Major Challenges in the Contemporary World, which brought together representatives of constitutional courts from Russia and other countries.

Vladimir Putin met with Peng Pai, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China. The President had posed for a photograph with him in Beijing’s Beihai Park in July 2000, during his first state visit to China. Subsequently, Peng Pai developed an interest in Russian culture and science; he came to study at MADI, and after graduating, returned to China to work in his home province.