Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with representatives of the United Russia party on August 22. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to sources.
According to the publication, the event will be public. In addition to the “new persons”, members of the federal part of the party list: Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, Chief Doctor of Hospital in Communard Denis Protsenko, Head of the Sirius Educational Center Elena Shmeleva, as well as the Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova. In addition, the Russian leader will also visit the party congress on August 24.
On June 19, Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary meeting of the XX Congress of the United Russia and called on to unite efforts to increase the income of Russians and reduce the level of poverty in the country. The head of state also instructed to create a program for the overhaul of schools for the next five years.