On January 26, 2017 the delegation from the National Institute of Labour Studies under the Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations of Sri Lanka visited the Academy of Labour and Social Relations of the Russian Federation to sign the Memorandum of Understanding.

H. E. Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia, and H. E. Mr. Alexander A. Karchava, Ambassador of Russia to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on H. E. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

The Tea Promotion Unit (Sri Lanka Tea Board) attached to the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia organized a Ceylon Tea pavilion at World Food Ukraine and World Food Kazakhstan 2016