• Putin and Erdogan said the dispute must be settled on the basis of international law in the interests of the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

• He did not specify when it would receive new hypersonic weapons, but suggested that day was drawing closer.

• The protests have highlighted anger among some over what they see as policies emanating from detached Moscow-based authorities.

• The two leaders confirmed the "urgency" of holding bilateral talks on strategic stability and arms control.

• In 2018 after winning another six-year term, Putin set targets including halving the poverty rate from the 2017 figure, increasing pensions and boosting the average life expectancy to 78 by 2024.

• During a federal budget meeting, Putin said around 3 million people were registered as unemployed, which he called a high figure.
• "The task of fully restoring the labour market should be fulfilled in 2021," Putin said.

• Russia imposed anti-virus measures including border closures and strict lockdowns that prevented many from working during April and part of May.

• The constitutional reforms approved in a nationwide vote by 77.92 percent of Russian voters could allow Putin to extend his rule until 2036.

• Putin said we need internal stability and time to strengthen the country and its institutions.

• After worsening violence displaced nearly a million people, Turkey and Russia agreed in March to halt hostilities in northwest Syria's Idlib region.

• The talks will be the first since September in the so-called Astana format, in which the three powers discuss developments in Syria.

• Russia's two houses of parliament have already approved the amendments but Putin reiterated they would only take effect if supported by a majority of voters.

• "We are improving the armed forces, we are equipping them with new material, their combat capacity is increasing," Putin said.

• There is a growing unpredictability in steps by Washington and this is worrying world capitals.

• He proposed such a summit in January and the four other permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, China, France and Britain - gave their agreement in principle.

• Russia on Sunday confirmed 8,835 new virus cases, taking the total to 528,964, the third highest in the world.

• "If this fight for natural rights, legal rights, turns into mayhem and rioting, I see nothing good for the country," Putin said in an interview with Rossiya-1 television to be broadcast in full Sunday evening.

• "It's very likely that we will have means to combat hypersonic weapons by the time the world's leading countries have such weapons,"

• Putin said he agreed that a national state of emergency was needed to call in more resources for the cleanup effort.

• Putin received an invitation to take part in the summit from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week, the Kremlin had said.

Shops in Moscow that were ordered to close in late March including car dealerships, dry cleaners, shoe repair stores, book shops and launderettes, are set to open.