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Vladimir Putin met with VTB Bank Chairman and CEO Andrei Kostin.

Vladimir Putin met with journalists and answered their questions following the Direct Line.

Direct Line with Vladimir Putin was broadcast live on Channel One, Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24 TV channels, and Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations.

Vladimir Putin attended a concert dedicated to Cosmonautics Day and the 55^th anniversary of the first manned space flight.

During the video linkup, Vladimir Putin congratulated the International Space Station crew as well as Valentina Tereshkova and Alexei Leonov, legends of Soviet cosmonautics, currently at the Vostochny Space Launch Centre, on Cosmonautics Day.

Vladimir Putin met with the heads of German companies working on the Russian market.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.

Vladimir Medinsky informed Vladimir Putin of the Ministry’s work toward holding the Year of Russian Cinema in 2016, the development of the film industry in Russia and the implementation of the programme to support the Russian movie industry.

Vladimir Putin took part in the third Truth and Justice regional and local media forum.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Austria Heinz Fischer at the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on developing power industry in Russia. Measures to improve the country’s electricity grid system were discussed.

Vladimir Putin made the announcement at a meeting with Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Interior Ministry Troops Commander Viktor Zolotov, Federal Drug Control Service Director Viktor Ivanov and Federal Migration Service First Deputy Director Yekaterina Yegorova.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Senate of France Gerard Larcher. The discussion focussed on Russian-French cooperation, including on the parliamentary level.

Vladimir Putin chaired the 37^th meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee in the Grand Kremlin Palace, devoted to preparations for celebrating the 71^st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

Vladimir Putin announced at the meeting that he has signed an executive order bringing the agency under direct subordination to the President.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Security Council on improving Russia’s migration policy in the interests of protecting national security.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov, who has arrived in Russia on a working visit.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members.

During his trip to Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation with Foreign States.