Ambassador Dr. Saman Weerasinghe called on Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian former cosmonaut and she is the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.

මොස්කව් නුවර වෙසෙන ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින් සමග සුහද හමුවක් පසුගිය සිකුරාදා (ජනවාර් 22 දා) ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති නිල නිවසේදී තානාපති වෛද්‍ය සමන් වීරසිංහ මැතිතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්වුණි.

Ambassador Dr. Saman Weerasinghe called on Prof. Vladimir Filippov, Rector of the People’s Friendship University of Russia today, 20 January 2016.
The University, formerly known as People’s Friendship University named after Patrice Lumumba, is a pioneer educational institute in the USSR and Russia.

H.E. Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation called on H.E. Igor Petrishenko, Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation on 18 December 2015.
Congratulating Ambassador Dr. Weerasinghe on his new assignment, Ambassador Petrishenko noted that Belarus and Sri Lanka have had very close relations since the establishment of diplomatic relations 15 years ago.

A cultural event titled “Sri Lanka Night 2016” was held in Moscow on 19 February 2016 to commemorate Sri Lanka’s 68th National Day and the 59th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and the Russian Federation.

The event where more than 250 guests including  important personalities in the Russian Government, business community, academics, diplomats in Moscow, media personnel, among others, participated, was organized by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation in collaboration with Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau. 

Ambassador Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, visited Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) named after N. E. Bauman and had a meeting with Boris V. Padalkin, First Vice-Rector, Vice-Rector for academic work,