TASS, October 6. Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is planning to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the latter’s birthday and to discuss international issues, Berlusconi wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday.

"I am flying to Russia to wish happy birthday to my friend Vladimir Putin. I am going to use this chance to discuss important international issues," he wrote attaching to the post a photo of himself in an armchair aboard a plane.