OREANDA-NEWS. While on a two-day working visit to Germany, Vladimir Putin took part in the opening of the annual Hannover Messe, one of the world’s biggest exhibitions of the latest industrial innovations.

The fair’s theme this year is Integrated Industry, and Russia is the main partner country. More than 160 companies are taking part in Russia’s exhibition, presenting their latest advances in a broad range of fields including energy, energy- and resource-saving technology, transport, and the environment.

Later, Vladimir Putin and German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks in working dinner format.