A meeting of the Commission on Culture, Science and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia was held in Omsk, Russia.
The 42-year-old, who is currently serving a prison sentence for treason, claims he was the target of an FSB "death squad". He nearly died of kidney failure after the first alleged attempt on his life in 2015 - and then ended up in a medically-induced coma two years later.
Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Minister for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Natural Disaster Relief Alexander Kurenkov and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov.
"We welcome growing cooperation with Russia, our main partner," Aleksandr Turchin stressed. "Last year, the trade with the Russian Federation amounted to about $9 billion. Not every country can boast of such volumes."
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, heavy rains and flash floods have affected nearly 1 million people in east Africa including over 300 000 displaced, in Kenya, Somalia, Burundi and Tanzania.