PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA

Late last night, Vladimir Putin met with Valery Gergiev, conductor, Artistic Director and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre and General Director of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants and guests of the fourth Future Technologies Forum.

Vladimir Putin received Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Le Hoai Trung in the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin spoke at a meeting of the board of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

On February 26, a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State will be held in Moscow, with President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in attendance.

The meeting agenda will include a discussion of the progress of joint efforts as part of the Guidelines for Implementing the Provisions of the Treaty Establishing the Union State in 2024–2026 framework document. In addition, a number of important decisions are to be made concerning practical aspects of the further development of integration-oriented cooperation in various areas.

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief met at the Kremlin with the widows of Special Operations Forces servicemen who died heroically.

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden.

A ceremony for presenting state decorations to officers of the Defence Ministry and the Russian National Guard was held at the Kremlin.