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Vladimir Putin met with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The meeting was held in Sochi ahead of the CIS summit.

Ahead of the CIS summit that begins in Sochi today, Vladimir Putin met with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to discuss bilateral relations.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the use of digital technology in finance and the implementation of innovative financial tools.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Moldova Igor Dodon in Sochi. The discussion focused, in particular, on topical issues of Russia-Moldova relations and possible ways of settling the Transnistria conflict.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova, who informed the President of the outcomes of elections that took place on the unified voting day, September 10, 2017.

Vladimir Putin congratulated agroindustry workers on their professional holiday – Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers' Day.

Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers' Day is marked annually on the second Sunday of October.

In his speech at a gala evening in the State Kremlin Palace, Vladimir Putin thanked Russian teachers for their work and wished success to them and their students.

Vladimir Putin held talks with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro in the Kremlin. Bilateral cooperation, as well as political, trade and economic issues, were discussed.

Vladimir Putin attended a plenary session of the first Russian Energy Week (REW) Energy Efficiency and Energy Development International Forum.

Vladimir Putin chaired a joint meeting in the Kremlin of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport and the Supervisory Board of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Organising Committee.

The President met with Vladimir Vasilyev to announce the decision to appoint him Acting Head of the Republic of Dagestan.

Vladimir Putin received credentials from 20 foreign ambassadors. The ceremony, which symbolises the official start of the ambassadors’ missions in the Russian Federation, took place in the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.