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.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants and guests of the exhibition Memory of Generations: The Great Patriotic War in Pictorial Arts, which opened at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall on November 4 as part of the Orthodox Russia – For National Unity Day exhibition and forum.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbay Jeenbekov at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg Region.

Vladimir Putin inspected the Sch-308 Semga, which sank during the Great Patriotic War. The trip in the submersible craft to the depth of 50 metres lasted about an hour.

The President signed Executive Order On Holding the Year of Memory and Glory in Russia.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants and guests of the 60^th international meeting of the Great Patriotic War veterans and partisans from Russia, Belarus and Latvia, which is underway in the Pskov Region.

On the Day of Memory and Sorrow, Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to commemorate the defenders of the Fatherland who perished in battles against Nazi invaders.