At the ceremony to award RGO letters of commendation and medals.

At the ceremony to award RGO letters of commendation and medals. With President of the Russian Geographical Society, Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu.

At the ceremony to award RGO letters of commendation and medals. The Miklukho-Maklai Gold Medal is conferred on Doctor of Ethnology, Honorary Member of the German Anthropological Association Ulla Johansen.

Meeting with Council of Legislators.

Before the meeting with the Federal Assembly’s Council of Legislators.

Vladimir Putin inspects a solar-powered electric car designed by a university team during his visit to Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University.

During a tour of Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University. With St Petersburg Polytechnic University Rector Andrei Rudskoy.

During a tour of Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University. With St Petersburg Polytechnic University Rector Andrei Rudskoy (right) and Moscow State University Rector Viktor Sadovnichy.

At a ceremony to present Hero of Labour medals. With Galina Savelyeva, a professor at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University.

At a ceremony to present Hero of Labour medals. With Alexander Kulichenko, shaft sinker at the Taldinskaya-Zapadnaya-2 mine of SUEK-Kuzbass.

At a ceremony to present Hero of Labour medals. With Nikolai Karpol, head coach of the Uralochka-NTMK volleyball club.

At a ceremony to present Hero of Labour medals. With Mark Zakharov, artistic director of the Lenkom Theatre.

At a ceremony to present Hero of Labour medals. With Yevgeny Dronov, general director of TULAMASHZAVOD Production Association.

At a meeting with graduates of the Management Personnel Pool programme who received appointments as acting governors of Russian regions during their training.

At a ceremony to present Hero of Labour medals.

Meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and Chief of the General Staff of Russia’s Armed Forces and First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov.

Visiting the Cosmos pavilion at the VDNKh exhibition. With Roscosmos Head Igor Komarov (left), Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin (right).

With cosmonauts and veterans of the space industry.

Visiting the Cosmos pavilion at the VDNKh Exhibition of Economic Achievements.

Visiting the Cosmonautics and Aviation Centre in the Cosmos pavilion at VDNKh.

Before the presentation of credentials.

At the presentation of credentials.

At the presentation of credentials.

At the presentation of credentials. With Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Benin to the Russian Federation Noukpo Clement Kiki.

At the presentation of credentials. With Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates to the Russian Federation Maadhad Hareb Al Khaili.

At the presentation of credentials. With Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Russian Federation Raed bin Khaled Qrimli.

At the presentation of credentials. With Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Russian Federation Steve Davies Ugbah.

Before the presentation of credentials. With Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov and Aide to the President Yury Ushakov.

Before the presentation of credentials.

At the divine Easter service at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral. With Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, his wife Svetlana Medvedeva and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

At the divine Easter service at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral. With Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana Medvedeva.

Vladimir Retsepter, artistic director of the St Petersburg State Pushkin Theatre Centre, winner of the 2017 Presidential Prize for writing and art for children and young people.

Bolshoi Theatre soloist Denis Rodkin, winner of the 2017 Presidential Prize for young culture professionals.

Sofya Kondratyeva, head of research and museum activities at the Divnogorye Museum Reserve, winner of the 2017 Presidential Prize for young culture professionals.

Animation artist Dina Velikovskaya, winner of the 2017 Presidential Prize for young culture professionals.

Meeting with members of the Inspection Commission of the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE).

Meeting with Special Envoy of the Chinese President, Member of the Chinese State Council and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

With Special Envoy of the Chinese President, Member of the Chinese State Council and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

With President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

With President of Iran Hassan Rouhani (left) and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the trilateral meeting.

With President of Iran Hassan Rouhani (left) and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the trilateral meeting.

Meeting of the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran.

Meeting with President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

With President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

During a telephone conversation with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.

At the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant ground-breaking ceremony.

Before the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant ground-breaking ceremony.

With President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

With President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

With President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Central Election Commission Chairperson Ella Pamfilova presented Vladimir Putin with the certificate on his election as the President of the Russian Federation.