Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that President Putin maintains permanent contact with new Cabinet members. Peskov added that the president has no plans to hold separate meetings with them.

The club expressed hope that the player would "contribute with the Hurricanes, as he did during a Stanley Cup championship season last year"

Ethiopian Ambassador Yevgeny Terekhin stated that Ethiopia ranks third among Russian fertilizer importers. He identified diammonium phosphate as the primary item in Ethiopia's purchases from Russia.

Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar led a governmental delegation that arrived in Moscow.