the russian president's plane was met by an honor guard at uland battar airport. the main program of the visit is scheduled for tomorrow. vladimir putin will hold talks with his mongolian counterpart, and also meet with the speaker of parliament and the prime minister. the parties will reportedly discuss issues of bilateral cooperation, including in agriculture, energy, transport, education, and pay special attention to international and regional issues. well, in mongolia, vladimir putin arrived from the capital of tuva, kyzyl. the head of state visited a new school there today, held an open lesson, discussed the development of the republic at a meeting, and also met with the head of the region. he also visited a buddhist monastery, our colleague natalya solovyova followed the president's trip to tsu. the beginning of the school year is always a big event, but at the heroes of the fatherland secondary school in kozyl, it will definitely be remembered forever. it was today that it opened its doors for the first time and vladimir putin held an open lesson there. i s