On January 21, 2020 Mr. Mohamed Anas, Sri Lanka's Charge d' Affairs in Russia, attended the Thomas Gainsborough exhibition, co-organized by the State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin, the Diplomatic Academy and State Protocol Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The exhibition was devoted to the development and establishment of the artistic style of the outstanding painter Thomas Gainsborough, one of the founders of the 18th century British artistic school.

The Heads of Diplomatic Missions accredited in Moscow with their spouses were welcomed by the Director of the Museum Mrs. Loshak, who underlined that the Museum was always open for collaboration with the diplomatic community.

The number of complaints received by the Mission from Sri Lankans against fake foreign Employment and Education agencies of Sri Lanka is at alarming level. It has been noticed that the number of Sri Lankans travelling to the Russian Federation on student/visit visas, seeking jobs and opportunities of further migration to European countries has increased drastically over the years.
It has been revealed that several foreign Employment and Education agencies of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan expatriates living in Russia and some other organized groups are engaged in these activities. Mostly students are misled and sent on student/visit visas with false promises of obtaining jobs for higher salary and facilitating to cross the borders for European countries. Further, it has been noted that considerably large amounts of money are being obtained from the students by the agents for the journey to Russia. Thereafter, illegal attempts are made to traffic them via State borders to countries such as Belarus, Ukraine, and further into the European Countries.

Among the last calls that Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka paid to the prominent figures of Russian politics and science was a meeting he had on January 9, 2020 with Professor Ruslan Khasbulatov, Chairman of the Russian Parliament during the turbulent 1993 crisis, and a well-respected scholar, Head of the Chair of International Economy at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.

On January 9, 2020 the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation held an official ceremony on the occasion of the commencement of the Mission's operations in the year of 2020, as the first week of January had been observed as national New Year and Christmas holidays.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Madame Sanja Jayatilleka and the staff of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia wishes everyone a very happy holiday season and a joyful New Year 2020! 

On December 18, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka accompanied by Mrs. Sanja Jayatilleka attended the New Year reception at the invitation of H.E. Eleonora Mitrofanova, Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots living abroad, and International Cultural Cooperation, and the Russian Association for International Cooperation.