Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will be in the Republic of Austria on April 24 and 25 on a working visit.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Werner Faymann of Austria will discuss future bilateral cooperation in the energy, transport, cultural and humanitarian spheres, regional cooperation and a number of pressing international issues.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will also meet with Federal President of Austria Heinz Fischer and lay a wreath at the monument to the Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of Austria in the spring of 1945.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will be in Italy on April 25 and 26 on a working visit.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will discuss cooperation between Russia and Italy on trade, economic, cultural and other issues as well as their interactions in the international arena.