Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 21st annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence in Russia's ultimate victory over Ukraine insisting Russia would press on with the war.Vladimir Putin took part in the 21 st Annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. The name of this year's event is "Lasting Peace on What Basis? As he put it in a meeting with the oligarchs in February. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with World Economic Forum Executive chairman Klaus Schwab in St. Petersburg. Putin dismissed reports of conspiratorial ties with Trump as an old story and called reports of Russia trying to sow chaos in Western politics "nonsense." We sent a letter to the State Department requesting that Secretary Pompeo comply with the Federal Records Act and preserve all State records from meetings. First Meeting of the Maternal Health Data Task Force Convenes. To our Russian colleague, the point about why is the issue of DPRK being raised in a meeting here?