On June 5, ahead of Russian Language Day, Vladimir Putin will hold a videconference meeting of the Presidential Council for State Policy on Promoting the Russian Language and Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation

Adviser to the President and Chair of the Council Yelena Yampolskaya and Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, as well as representatives of civic organisations, heads of higher education institutions and academic staff of Russia's educational establishments, poets, authors, entertainers, and public figures will take part in the meeting.

The members of the Council will discuss the progress in implementing the President's instructions given following the Council's first meeting, held on November 5, 2024. On the President's instructions, the Council has established a draft of the Basic Principles of State Language Policy.

The discussion will notably focus on:

🔹issues pertaining to the creation of a single federal line-up of textbooks in Russian and Russian literature and to the maintenance of book stocks of children's and school libraries;
🔹aid to Russian language and Russian literature teachers in the reunited territories;
🔹the launch of the Say it in Russian quiz game for young people and the revival of recitation performances in educational institutions.

Vladimir Putin is holding a videoconference meeting with Government members

Ways to ensure Russia's technological sovereignty in the domain of communication services are the main topic on the agenda. Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadayev will present a report on the subject.

At the beginning of the meeting, Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky made a detailed recap of the talks held on June 2 in Istanbul between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine. Notably, the head of the Russian delegation reported on the humanitarian agreements reached between the two sides concerning swapping prisoners of war, severely wounded soldiers, and bodies of dead personnel.

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Vladimir Putin spoke on the recent terrorist attacks in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. Some of the key takeaways:

🔸The Government and regional authorities were instructed to take all necessary measures to help the families of the victims and the injured.

🔸The incident in the Bryansk region was an intentional attack on civilians. International law deems such acts terrorism.

🔸The decisions to blow up railways in the Bryansk and Kursk regions were most certainly made by the political authorities of Ukraine.

🔸The crimes against civilians, committed ahead of the next round of the peace talks that had been proposed by Russia, were undoubtedly an attempt to disrupt the negotiations.

🔸The strike on civilians was intentional, and this only serves to confirm Russia's concerns that the illegitimate Kiev regime is gradually devolving into a terrorist organisation, with its sponsors becoming accomplices of terrorists.

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🇷🇺🇻🇦 Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Pope Leo XIV

🔹Vladimir Putin once again congratulated the pontiff on his election and wished him every success in accomplishing his noble mission.

🔹Both sides acknowledged Pope Francis' immense personal contribution to strengthening the ties between Russia and the Holy See. They agreed to pursue efforts to develop these ties further on the basis of common spiritual and moral values with a view to establishing a more just world order. They expressed mutual commitment to deepening cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian affairs and in the name of protecting Christians and holy sites of Christianity all over the world and, notably, in the Middle East.

🔹At the request and on behalf of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Vladimir Putin conveyed to Pope Leo XIV best wishes for success in his pastoral duties. In turn, the pontiff expressed support for continuing the important dialogue between the two sister churches.

🔹While exchanging views with the pope on the situation in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his willingness to achieve peace through political and diplomatic means, pointing out that in order to reach an ultimate, fair, and thorough resolution, it was necessary to eliminate the root causes of the crisis.

🔹Concerning the resumption of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, the President of Russia detailed the specific agreements during the second round of negotiations involving the exchange of prisoners of war and bodies of dead soldiers. It was emphasised that the Russian side was taking all possible measures to reunite children with their families.

🔹Appreciation was expressed to the pontiff for his willingness to contribute to resolving the crisis, notably, for Vatican's depolitisised participation in solving pressing humanitarian issues.

🔹Vladimir Putin drew special attention to the fact that Kiev regime was banking on escalating the conflict and carried out sabotage against civilian infrastructure in Russia's territory. It was emphasised that the deliberate and targeted strike on civilians made by the Ukrainian side recently was unequivocally defined as terrorism by international law.

🔹Due to the Kiev regime's well-known commitment to dismantling the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the hope was expressed that the Holy See would be more active in speaking out in support of freedom of religion in Ukraine.

🔹The conversation was constructive. Both sides expressed their intention to maintain contact.

On June 6, Vladimir Putin will hold a videoconference meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects

The launch of new national projects aimed at achieving the national development goals through 2030 and for the future until 2036 will be the focus of the discussion. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will present a report.

In addition, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov will detail the steps taken to ensure Russia's technological leadership in space exploration and bioeconomy and Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev will provide an update on the progress in implementing the Unmanned Aerial Systems national project.

In addition, the President proposed to establish a Day of the Languages of the Peoples of Russia, to be observed on September 8, on the birthday of Rasul Gamzatov

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Presidential Adviser Yelena Yampolskaya unveiled a model of the future alphabet book to be published as part of the single federal line-up of textbooks and asked Vladimir Putin to write an address to first-graders, which will be printed on the first page of the book

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Vladimir Putin expressed support for the idea of establishing a national interdepartmental research and methodology centre for the international promotion of the Russian language under the auspices of one of Russia's universities

The proposal was made by Rector of the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute Nikita Gusev.

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Vladimir Putin is holding a meeting of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and National Projects

The discussion will focus on the new national projects launched and their first outcomes.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will deliver the main report. First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov will detail the progress in implementing the national projects for the development of Russia's space exploration and providing technology for bioeconomy. In turn, Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev will report on the implementation of the Unmanned Aerial Systems national project.

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