🎙 Key takeaways from Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov’s remarks:

▶️President of Russia Vladimir Putin is scheduled to have a series of phone calls with foreign leaders on his birthday, October 7;

▶️Many foreign leaders have sent him birthday greetings, including Chinese President Xi Jinping;

▶️It is possible that President Putin will inform other CIS leaders about the current situation in the Ukrainian conflict on their request;

▶️President Putin will pay a working visit to Turkmenistan on October 8-9. During his visit, the Russian leader will take part in the CIS Council of Heads of State and the Caspian Environmental Summit;

▶️On October 8, President Putin will meet with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov;

▶️On October 9, he will hold talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to discuss the situation in the Middle East and aspects of bilateral cooperation;

▶️Nine CIS leaders will participate in the Council of Heads of State;

▶️No practical work on a possible trilateral Putin-Trump-Xi meeting on APEC summit sidelines is under way so far;

▶️President Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with President of China Xi Jinping on APEC sidelines.