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Vladimir Putin met with the laureates of the 2014 Presidential Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists: Irina Didenkulova, Alexandra Kalashnikova, Nikita Kuznetsov, Alexei Shatikhin, Vitaly Danilenko and Georgy Vasilyev.

On Cultural Workers’ Day, Vladimir Putin awarded in a ceremony at the Kremlin the 2014 Presidential Prize for Young Cultural Professionals and the 2014 Presidential Prize for arts and literature for children and young people.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with President of WorldSkills International (WSI) Simon Bartley. The meeting took place during an inspection tour by the WSI international movement's commission to assess Russia's preparedness for holding the WorldSkills Competition in 2019.

Vladimir Putin took part in an expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General Office’s Board to discuss its results for 2014 and the tasks in strengthening law and order.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Interros Holding and CEO of MMC Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin to discuss Norilsk Nickel’s current activities, in particular a number of social programmes the company is carrying out and development prospects for the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Sochi.

Mr Chikhanchin briefed Vladimir Putin on the Service’s 2014 results and its current activities. An amnesty for capital was also discussed at the meeting.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to discuss development prospects for bilateral relations, the global economic situation and international affairs.

Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin Director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Li Zhanshu.

Vladimir Putin attended the We’re Together! concert and meeting celebrating the first anniversary of Crimea and Sevastopol’s reunification with Russia.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on socioeconomic development in Crimea and Sevastopol. The meeting took place on the first anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia.

Vladimir Putin chaired the 36^th meeting of the Russian Victory Organising Committee at the Grand Kremlin Palace. Great Patriotic War veterans and heads of veteran and youth public organisations also took part in the meeting.

Vladimir Putin met at Strelna with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev to discuss bilateral cooperation and future plans for joint work, including within the Eurasian Economic Union.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev to discuss the court’s work since the merger of the Supreme Court and the Higher Arbitration Court.

Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with a group of women in celebration of International Women’s Day.

Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of Vnesheconombank Vladimir Dmitriev, who briefed the President on the bank’s lending to the economy’s real sector as part of the anti-crisis programme.