Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

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 make a working visit to Turkey (Istanbul) on December 3, to take part in the third meeting of High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Albania Bujar Nishani on Albania’s national holiday, Flag Day.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov held a meeting of the Organising Committee for Russia’s Presidency of the G20 in 2013.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma on his re-election.

Vladimir Putin sent his sincere condolences to President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following a clothing factory fire near Dhaka that claimed many lives.

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

Vladimir Putin expressed his deepest condolences to President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Mohamed Morsi following the recent bus crash.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Russian-German interstate consultations took place at the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel took part in the closing session of the XII Petersburg Dialogue Russian-German public forum.

Vladimir Putin discussed in detail the escalation of tension in the Gaza Strip during a telephone conversation with President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borissov. The conversation was initiated by the Bulgarian side.

Vladimir Putin met with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on the Location of Military Installations on the Territory of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Member States.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on Transit of Weapons, Military Equipment, Military Assets and Personnel via Russian Federation Territory in Connection with Participation by Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Sweden in Efforts to Maintain Security, Stabilise and Rehabilitate the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.