Taking part in the summit in Crimea at initiative of President of Ukraine were President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Executive Secretary of the CIS Sergei Lebedev.

In his remarks, the President analysed the economic situation in Russia and the world and outlined Russia’s economic modernisation plans.

The summit concluded with the adoption of a joint message from the CIS heads of state to war veterans and those who toiled on the home front on the 65^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.