On April 1, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka visited the headquarters of Russia Today (RT), Russia's first round-the-clock, English-language, international TV news channel, expanded to a global, 24/7 news network with seven TV channels broadcasting in six languages. The guests were received by Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief of RT and concurrently of the state-owned international news agency Rossiya Segodnya that broadcasts in more than 30 languages.

On March 29, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka had a bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart H.E. Pasquale Terracciano, a veteran diplomat, who served as Diplomatic Adviser to the Italian Prime Minister and Prime Minister's G8 and G20 Sherpa Representative, Chief of Cabinet to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of Information and Press Office and Spokesman for the Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Spain and Great Britain before he assumed his duties as Head of Diplomatic Mission in Moscow.

On March 27, 2019, five Sri Lankan students of the Russian People's Friendship University (RUDN) were awarded appreciation certificates for their active assistance and participation in the University's common activities, during a meeting organized for Asian Diplomatic missions' representatives in Moscow, after RUDN announced the admission of foreign nationals for the academic year of 2019/2020.