Vladimir Putin met with the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev, at the Constantine Palace.

At Vladimir Putin’s initiative, an informal annual summit of the CIS heads of state will be held on December 28 in St Petersburg.

The President signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement on the Joint Engineering Unit for Humanitarian Demining of the Armed Forces of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Vladimir Putin met, via videoconference, with delegation leaders at the 17^th Meeting of Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services from Member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Greetings to participants of the 17^th Meeting of Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services from Member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on current issues with the permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants, organisers and guests of the First Games of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which kicked off in Kazan.

The President of Russia signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Joint (Integrated) Communications System of the Armed Forces of Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement on Cooperation between the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States Against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Psychotropic Substances and Precursors, signed on November 30, 2000.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation Among the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the Fight Against Crimes in the Field of Information Technology.

Vladimir Putin took part in the CIS Heads of State Council meeting via videoconference.

The Republic of Uzbekistan will chair the meeting via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on the Electronic Exchange of Information among CIS Member States for Tax Administration Purposes.

An informal CIS summit took place in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants in the 26^th meeting of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Tax Services of the CIS Countries

President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement on Using and Further Streamlining Intra-CIS Military Satellite Communications Systems.

The President signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation Between CIS Member States to Ensure Preparedness in the Event of a Nuclear Accident or a Radiation Emergency and to Facilitate Mutual Assistance During Clean-Up Operations.

The President signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement Between Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States on Cooperation in Peaceful Exploration and Use of Outer Space.