Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on the Basic Principles of Currency Regulation and Currency Control in the CIS.

Vladimir Putin made a working visit to Turkmenistan, where he took part in the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.

The next meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States Council of Heads of State will be held on December 5 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan on September 20, 2012 at the invitation of President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

An informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State was held at the Kremlin.

A meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council dedicated to 20^th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and 10^th anniversary of CSTO will take place in Moscow on May 15, 2012.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation between Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States on the Use of Interstate Transmission Lines of National Power Grids.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on the Free Trade Zone.

Dmitry Medvedev appointed Konstantin Kosachev director of the Russian Cooperation Agency and special presidential representative for CIS Affairs.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

Following the meeting, the CIS heads of state adopted a joint declaration and signed a number of documents.

The Presidential Press and Information Office's Department of Accreditation and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover Dmitry Medvedev’s participation in the summit meetings of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, The Eurasian Economic Community’s Interstate Council, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation’s Collective Security Council, and the informal meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States, scheduled for December 19–20, 2011, in Moscow.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated President of the Republic of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on Independence Day, the country’s national holiday.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his congratulations to President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on Independence Day, Tajikistan’s national holiday.

The CIS leaders took stock of 20 years of cooperation. After the talks, CIS heads of state adopted a package of documents on cooperation within the CIS, as well as an agreement to perpetuate the memory of the Commonwealth nations that fought in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

President Medvedev will make an official visit to the Republic of Tajikistan on September 2 at the invitation of President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

The President signed the Executive Order On the President’s Special Representative for Amending the Agreement on the Customs Union Commission.

The CIS Council of Heads of State adopted the Address of CIS Heads of State to the Commonwealth nations and the international community on the 70th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Rules for Determining the Country of Origin of Goods in the Commonwealth of Independent States.