On February 6, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka visited Ambassador of the State of Palestine, H.E. Abdel Hafiz Nofal, who previously served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Palestine to the Republic of South Africa and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Economy before he assumed his duties as the Head of Mission in Moscow.

On February 5, 2019 the Russia-Sri Lanka Friendship Society (RSLFS) organized a reception, held at the Federation Council of Russia, on the occasion of the 71st Independence Day of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to Russia, Madame Sanja Jayatilleka, as well as several members of the Sri Lankan Diplomatic Mission attended the event.

On February 4, 2019 the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation organized a ceremony in commemoration of the 71st Independence Day of Sri Lanka.
The official ceremony began with hoisting of the National Flag and singing of the National Anthem in Sinhala and Tamil. Multi-faith religious observances were conducted by the religious clergy, representing Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity.

On February 1, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation paid a courtesy call to his American counterpart, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., a prominent politician, diplomat and businessman, whose record of service includes terms as U.S. Ambassador to China and to Singapore, before he assumed his duties as Head of Mission in Moscow.

On February the 1st, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka paid their second visit to the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Today the guests were received by Professor Glenn Diesen, Doctor of Social Sciences with PhD in Politics and International Relations, who is reading lectures on the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and is an internationally respected expert on the Greater Eurasia concept. He has published extensively on this topic as well as 'Neo-Modernity'.

On January 31, 2019 Ambassador H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended the reception held on the occasion of the 71st Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar at the invitation of the Myanmar Ambassador H.E. Ko Ko Shein and Madame Tin Tin New.
H.E. I.V. Morgulov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, who is responsible for relations with East and South Asia and multilateral cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region, addressed the audience represented by the officials from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and State Authorities, Ambassadors and Military Attaches.