Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Minister of Sports of Sri Lanka, accompanied by the delegation, visited Russia to participate in the Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS VI) which was held in Kazan, Russian Federation from 13-15 July 2017.

In the framework of the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Sri Lankan tea industry in the year of 2017, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation organized the Global Tea Party on July 6, 2017. The event was jointly organized by the Embassy, Sri Lanka Tea Board and the Colombo Traders Association under the guidance of Hon. Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka.

The IX International Forum ATOMEXPO 2017 was held on June 19-21, 2017 in Moscow and Hon. Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Science, Technology and Research represented the Government of Sri Lanka in this major international forum.

The Russian Federation hosted the first Rifle World Championship in IPSC history.

Following the official visit of His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka to Russia which was held on March 22-24, 2017, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation His Excellency Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, accompanied by Ms. Chandima Kiriwandala, First Secretary (Commercial) of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia, met with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia and the Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries of Russia Honorable Ilya Shestakov on May 16, 2017

On May 10, 2017 Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation organized Vesak Lantern competition for the second consecutive year to celebrate Vesak day.