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Vladimir Putin will visit the Uralvagonzavod plant and hold a meeting on defence industry development.

The President signed Executive Order On Early Termination of the Mandate of the Head of the Republic of Mordovia. Vladimir Volkov was appointed acting Head of the Republic of Mordovia.

The President signed Executive Order On Early Termination of the Mandate of Samara Region Governor. Nikolai Merkushkin was appointed acting governor of the region.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the United States Barack Obama.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Brazil Dilma Vana Rousseff Linhares.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Vladimir Putin met with the families of paratroopers killed in 2000 in Chechnya while resisting an attack.

A reception marking the 67^th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War took place at the Kremlin.

After the Victory Day parade on Red Square, Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with 8-year-old Sonya from Pskov, a patient at the Federal Clinical Centre for Child Oncology, Haematology and Immunology, and her parents.

Vladimir Putin attended the military parade on Red Square to celebrate the 67^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, along with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, war veterans, representatives of public organisations, and foreign guests, including representatives of the Anti-Nazi alliance of countries and the Commonwealth of Independent States member countries.

Vladimir Putin visited the Russian national judo team’s training base, the Judo Academy, in the Moscow Region town of Zvenigorod. The President toured the centre’s new building and spoke with the athletes and trainers.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Argentine Republic Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

Vladimir Putin presented the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev for approval by State Duma deputies as Russia’s new prime minister.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov presented Vladimir Putin with the certificate of the President of Russia.

On the eve of the Victory Day, Vladimir Putin honoured the memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War as he laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the leaders of the CIS countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the people of Georgia on the 67^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The President arrived at Megasport Arena, where he played in an exhibition match between the Russian Amateur Hockey League select and a team of Russian hockey legends.