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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.

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

Vladimir Putin met with Michael Randrianirina, President for the Re-Foundation of the Republic of Madagascar, at the Kremlin today. The Malagasy leader is in Russia on an official visit.

The President took part in the annual meeting of judges of courts of general jurisdiction, military and arbitration courts of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin chaired, via videoconference, a meeting with Government members on the modernisation of primary healthcare.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Head of the Republic of Ingushetia Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov.

The President had a working meeting with Governor of the Orel Region Andrei Klychkov, who focused in his report on the region’s socioeconomic development.

At a meeting with Archpriest Alexander Tkachenko, chairman of the board of the Circle of Kindness Foundation that supports children with severe illnesses, to review the organisation’s achievements over its five years of operation.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management Vadim Yakovenko, who presented to the President his report.

The President had a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The discussion focused on the capital’s 2025 socioeconomic indicators.

Alexander Tkachev briefed the President on the achievements of the Mantera Group in tourism, specifically the construction of new roads to increase the accessibility of southern resorts.

The President took part in a ceremony to launch the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia.

Ahead of Russian Science Day, marked on February 8, Vladimir Putin presented the 2025 Presidential Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists in the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.

Vladimir Putin held talks with President of People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping via videoconference.

The President held a meeting on economic issues.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of Russia’s chemical industry.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on the 17^th anniversary of his enthronement.