Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disasters Relief Vladimir Puchkov reported to the President by telephone about the progress being made in fighting wildfires and their consequences in the Volgograd Region and Rostov-on-Don. The Minister did not rule out the possibility of arson.

At the end of his trip to Volgograd Region Vladimir Putin toured the new terminal of Volgograd International Airport.

In Volgograd Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on developing internal waterways.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Volgograd Region Governor Andrei Bocharov to discuss the socioeconomic situation in the region. The Governor also briefed the President on the preparations for celebrating the 75^th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, to be marked in 2018.

Mr Bocharov briefed Vladimir Putin on projects in the processing sector currently underway in the region and on the preliminary results of this year’s harvest.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Early Termination of the Mandate of the Volgograd Region Governor, releasing Sergei Bozhenov from his duties as Governor, and appointed Mr Bocharov to be Acting Governor.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with former Deputy Governor of Bryansk Region, Hero of Russia Andrei Bocharov.

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 gave instructions to the National Anti-Terrorism Committee to step up security measures across all of Russia and specifically in Volgograd Region.

Sergei Bozhenov briefed Vladimir Putin about the measures being taken to mitigate the effects of the terrorist acts in Volgograd and the work to provide assistance to the victims’ families and to those who were injured.

Vladimir Putin instructed the ministers and heads of security services to take all necessary measures to establish the causes and circumstances of the terrorist act and to identify those who were behind it and bring them to justice.

Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the terrorist act at the railway station in Volgograd and also passed on words of sympathy and wishes for a speedy recovery to all those who were injured.

The President received reports from the special services about the explosion at the railway station in Volgograd.

Vladimir Putin attended the unveiling ceremony of the restored Children’s Dance fountain, which became a symbol of Volgograd’s military history, at the city’s railway station square. 

The President will attend the opening ceremony of the restored Children’s Dance fountain, a symbol of the city’s military history, in the square in front of Volgograd’s railway station.

Vladimir Putin has taken part in the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.

The President will participate in the events marking the 70^th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.

The meeting addressed measures for stabilising prices on the grain market, issues of organising the sowing of winter crops and steps to increase the competitiveness of the agro-industrial complex following Russia’s accession to the WTO.

Vladimir Putin presented in the Kremlin the Order of Parental Glory to parents of large families raising between 7 and 13 children. The families come from eight Russia regions: Volgograd, Kaluga, Nizhny Novgorod and Sverdlovsk regions, Trans-Baikal and Khabarovsk territories and republics of Ingushetia and Komi.