Vladimir Putin sent Christmas and New Year congratulations to foreign heads of state and government and executives of international organisations.

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

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of France Francois Hollande.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratifying the Protocol to the Agreement Between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Represented by the Armed Forces of Jordan on Providing a State Loan Dated December 28, 2006.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Creation of a Joint Regional Air Defence System of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.

Meeting of the Russia-Belarus Union State Supreme State Council took place at the Kremlin.

Before the meeting of the Russia-Belarus Union State Supreme State Council, Vladimir Putin met with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who is in Russia on a working visit.

A meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council took place in the Kremlin.

Prior to the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting, Vladimir Putin met with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia on the Goods Trade Regime.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia on the Goods Trade Regime.

The Presidential Press and Information Office’s Department of Accreditations and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, scheduled to take place on December 24, 2013 in Moscow.

In the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin and President of Ukraine Vladimir Yanukovych chaired a meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Angela Merkel on her re-election to the post of Federal Chancellor of Germany.