On the 79^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as the people of Georgia and Moldova.

Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met with the crew members of the 21^st visiting expedition to the International Space Station, expedition commander and pilot-cosmonaut Hero of Russia Oleg Novitsky and flight attendant and instructor of the Belarusian Belavia Airlines Marina Vasilevskaya.

Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko who arrived in Moscow on a working visit.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants in the meeting commemorating the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the successful outcome of the parliamentary and local elections.

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko chaired a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus at the Constantin Palace.

Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke at the concert held to mark the 80^th anniversary of breaking the Nazi siege of Leningrad.

Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko took part in a ceremony for unveiling a memorial to the USSR civilians who fell victim of the Nazi genocide during the Great Patriotic War. The event is timed to the 80^th anniversary of breaking the siege of Leningrad.

Vladimir Putin took part in the events to commemorate the 80^th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus On Changing the Terms of Certain Russian-Belarusian Agreements.

The President signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on the Establishment and Operation of Combat Training Centres for Joint Training of Military Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

The President signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Russia-Belarus Protocol Introducing Amendments to the Agreement Between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation on Joint Provision of Regional Security in the Military Sphere of December 19, 1997.

Vladimir Putin took part in a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in Minsk.