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Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony of the World Ice Hockey U18 Championship.

The general release for Nikolai Lebedev’s Legenda No. 17 will take place on April 18. The film is a life story of Valery Kharlamov, a legendary Soviet hockey player.

Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission’s (EEC) Board Viktor Khristenko, who briefed the President on the Commission’s work to carry out integration projects within the Customs Union.

Vladimir Putin met with French football legend and UEFA [Union of European Football Associations] President Michel Platini.

During his trip to Kalmykia, Vladimir Putin held a meeting on resettling the residents of dilapidated housing.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to discuss economic development issues in the context of the growing crisis in the global economy.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting in Blagoveshchensk on developing Russia’s space sector.

The President saw how work is progressing on building the launch and technical sections of the Soyuz-2 booster rocket, and took part in a video linkup with the International Space Station.

Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on strengthening the timber sector of the Russian Federation.

In Ulan-Ude, Vladimir Putin held a videoconference with the executives of Rosneft, ExxonMobil Development, STX and the United Shipbuilding Corporation, who are currently in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Vladimir Putin met with Serbian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on developing waste treatment and recycling.

Mr Dmitriev briefed the President on the projects being implemented with the bank’s support.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte met with representatives of the Russian and Dutch business community.