On March 22, 2017 His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena accompanied by the First Lady of Sri Lanka Madame Jayanthi Sirisena was received with warm welcome at the Domodedovo International Airport.

On February 14, 2017 H. E. Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia, together with Mr. Dulmith Waruna, Second Secertary of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia, and Mr. Upul Priyantha, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia, attended the ceremony of appointment of Dr. Mohamad Chahine as Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Kursk.

Hon. Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka, met with Hon. Alexander N. Tkachev, Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation on February 07, 2017.

Hon. Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka, met with Mr. Vladimir Ivanovich Padalko, the Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation During his visit to Moscow, on February 7, 2017.

On February 8, 2017 the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia with the support of the Sri Lanka Tea Board conducted a Ceylon tea networking dinner reception at the Ritz Carlton Moscow Hotel in parallel to the 24th Prodexpo International exhibition and the visit of the Minister of Plantation Industries Hon. Navin Dissanayake to the Russian Federation. The event gathered 100 prominent representatives of the tea trade in the Russian Federation and Sri Lanka.

Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow commemorated 69th Anniversary of the Independence Day of Sri Lanka on 4th February 2017 at the Chancery with the hoisting of the national flag by Ambassador Dr. Saman Weerasinghe and singing the national anthem in Sinhala and Tamil followed by two minute silence observed in honour of all the national heroes who have sacrificed their lives for the country.