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In the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council meeting on priority areas of activity of the Russian regions to promote competition in the country.

Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani held a joint news conference following the second trilateral meeting of the heads of states, guarantors of the Astana process for facilitating the Syrian peace settlement.

The second day of Vladimir Putin’s working visit to Turkey began with a meeting with President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

The news conference with the leaders of the two countries took place at the close of the first day of the working visit by the head of state of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Turkey. The presidents of Russia and Turkey made statements for the press and fielded questions from journalists.

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan chaired the seventh meeting of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council in Ankara.

Vladimir Putin and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched the construction of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin met with Central Election Commission Chairperson Ella Pamfilova.

Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Board of Transneft Nikolai Tokarev. The discussion focused on the company’s achievements in the past 25 years and last year’s performance.

Alexander Novak reported to the President on the Energy Ministry’s performance in 2017.

Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin and Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on economic matters to discuss was of achieving the goals set in the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly. Before the gathering, the participants honoured the memory of the Kemerovo fire victims in a minute of silence.

Vladimir Putin met with local activists who expressed low confidence in the shopping mall fire investigation.

The President held a meeting with Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov, Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin in Kemerovo.

Vladimir Putin held talks at the Kremlin with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, who arrived in Russia on a working visit.

Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of Russia following the announcement of the presidential election official results by the Central Election Commission.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. The main subject of discussion was financial support for the main projects and plans announced by the President in his Address to the Federal Assembly.

Sberbank CEO and Chairman of the Board German Gref briefed Vladimir Putin on the bank’s performance in 2017. The situation on the mortgage and consumer lending market and financial services for small and medium-sized businesses were also discussed.

Vladimir Putin met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Kazakhstan Alexei Borodavkin.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the prospects for the development of civilian microelectronics

Vladimir Putin presented state decorations to the Russian medallists of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The ceremony was held in the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.