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.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

Vladimir Putin and President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych will chair the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission’s sixth meeting in Moscow on December 17.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on Kazakhstan’s national holiday, Independence Day.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Michelle Bachelet on her election as President of the Republic of Chile.

Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council.

Late last night, Vladimir Putin met with Helmut Schmidt, a German statesman and the fifth chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1982.

Vladimir Putin visited the South African embassy in Moscow and paid tribute to the memory of longtime South African leader Nelson Mandela.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. The two presidents discussed current bilateral relations and preparations for the upcoming meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Finland Sauli Niinistö on the country’s national holiday, Independence Day.

Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences following the death of Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa and one of the outstanding political figures of modern times.