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Vladimir Putin congratulated Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill on his Name Day and on the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture and noted the Russian Orthodox Church’s contribution to creating harmonious coexistence between Russia’s different faiths.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi.

Vladimir Putin is presenting state decorations and honorary titles to outstanding citizens of Russia.

Vladimir Putin met with Government members to discuss Russia’s socioeconomic development and forming the federal budget for 2016 and the 2017–2018 planning period, as well as a number of other current matters.

Vladimir Putin held a joint meeting of the Council for Interethnic Relations and the Council for the Russian Language.

Vladimir Putin took part in the gala match of the Night Hockey League tournament at the Bolshoi Ice Dome in Sochi. The match between the NHL Team and NHL Stars was dedicated to the 70^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of the Armed Forces, which concludes a series of meetings dedicated to military matters.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Abkhazia Raul Khadjimba to discuss opportunities for developing cooperation between Russia and Abkhazia.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on developing the Armed Forces.

Vladimir Putin opened his weeklong series of meetings with Defence Ministry leadership and representatives of the military-industrial complex to discuss a broad range of issues pertaining to the modernisation and development of the Armed Forces and the defence industry.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Zimbabwe and Chairman of the African Union Robert Mugabe.

Following the events celebrating the 70^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin answered questions from Sergei Brilev, anchor of the Vesti v Subbotu (News on Saturday) programme on Rossiya television channel.

Vladimir Putin and Jacob Zuma discussed current issues of bilateral relations and cooperation in various international formats, including within the framework of BRICS.

The discussion focussed on bilateral relations and prospects for the development of cooperation between Russia and the European Union.

Vladimir Putin met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and expressed his gratitude to him and all UN employees for their efforts to support peace.

The Russian President congratulated Truong Tan Sang and the people of Vietnam on the 40^th anniversary of National Reunification.

The discussion focussed on various aspects of bilateral relations.

Vladimir Putin and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi discussed prospects for the development of relations between the two countries. The Russian President thanked his Egyptian counterpart for taking part in celebrations of the 70^th Victory anniversary in Moscow.