The President approved a list of instructions following the meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 and representatives of patriotic associations on January 18, 2020.

The President signed Federal Law On the Honorary Title City of Labour Valour.

Vladimir Putin conveyed his condolences to the family and friends of Dmitry Yazov on his demise.

The President signed Executive Order On a One-Time Payment to Certain Categories of Russian Citizens to Mark 75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants and guests of the Guardian of Memory commemorative event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Vladimir Putin took part in the commemorative event held as part of the Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism international forum at the Yad Vashem memorial complex.

Vladimir Putin presented the Order of Courage to Nitza Shacham, the great-niece of Leon Feldhendler, hero of the uprising at the Sobibor death camp.

In Jerusalem, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the Memorial Candle monument dedicated to the residents and defenders of besieged Leningrad.

During his visit to the State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad, the President met with Great Patriotic War veterans and representatives of non-governmental patriotic associations.

Vladimir Putin visited a complex of historical artistic three-dimensional panoramas, Memory Speaking: The Road Through War, at Vasilyevsky Island in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin took part in events commemorating the 77th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.

An informal CIS summit took place in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin spoke at a reception to mark Heroes of the Fatherland Day.

The Kremlin hosted a meeting, chaired by Vladimir Putin, of the Russian Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee on preparations for the Year of Remembrance and Glory, and preserving the memory and preventing the falsification of the history of the Great Patriotic War.

On December 11, Vladimir Putin will chair the 41^st meeting of the Russian Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee in the Kremlin.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino held a meeting of the Organising Committee for Celebrations of the 75^th Anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War.

The President signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 6 of Federal Law On Perpetuating Feats of Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 and Article 1 of Federal Law On Countering Extremist Activities.

Vladimir Putin toured the exhibition Memory of Generations: The Great Patriotic War in Pictorial Arts, which opened at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall as part of the Church and Public Exhibition and Forum Orthodox Russia – For National Unity Day.