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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.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to discuss defence and security spending and financial provisions for needed structural change and modernisation of arms and equipment.

Vladimir Putin met with Government members to discuss state socioeconomic policy. Changes to the federal budget parameters and the situation with Russian gas supplies to Ukraine were also discussed.