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As part of a working visit to Tula Region, Vladimir Putin visited the KBP Instrument Design Bureau, where he chaired a meeting on the work of the Advanced Research Foundation.

Vladimir Putin discussed with Mr Ivanov the Service’s performance in 2013 and the work on the state inter-agency programme for comprehensive rehabilitation and re-socialisation of drug addicts. 

Ahead of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, the Russian President gave an interview to reporters from BBC, ABC News, CCTV, Rossiya-1, Channel One, and Around the Rings. The interview was recorded in Sochi on January 17.

Vladimir Putin met with volunteers at the XXII Winter Olympics and XI Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Russia on a working visit.

Vladimir Putin met with designers of a new concept for teaching Russian history.

Vladimir Putin received letters of credence from eighteen ambassadors to the Russian Federation. The ceremony took place in the Grand Kremlin Palace’s St Alexander Hall.

Vladimir Putin met with a number of Government members to discuss implementing housing programmes, budget policy, and the relief effort following last year’s floods in the Far East.

Vladimir Putin held a working meting with Head of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Oleg Ostapenko and Deputy Head of Roscosmos Igor Komarov. The meeting focused on the agency’s performance in 2013 and the establishment of the United Rocket and Space Corporation.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Energy Minister Alexander Novak.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with CEO of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation Sergei Kiriyenko.

Early in the morning, Vladimir Putin arrived in Volgograd where he held a meeting on measures to combat terrorism and also visited one of the hospitals where people injured in the terrorist attacks are being treated.

Vladimir Putin welcomed in the New Year in Khabarovsk together with residents of the Far East who have suffered from devastating flooding. In Khabarovsk, the President delivered his New Year's Address to the Nation.

An official New Year reception was held in the Kremlin Palace on behalf of the President of Russia.

Vladimir Putin met with representatives of electoral commissions to discuss issues pertaining to increasing the openness of the electoral system.

Ahead of the New Year, Vladimir Putin met with Government Cabinet members. The President gave an assessment of the work performed by the Cabinet and set the priorities for 2014.