Vladimir Putin attended the public viewing ceremony for the first President of Bashkortostan Murtaza Rakhimov.

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko held a meeting, via videoconference, of the Coordination Committee for holding competitions for Presidential grants for the development of civil society, during which decisions were made on the distribution of grants in 2023.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the Governor of the Lipetsk Region via videoconference. The discussion focused on the region’s socioeconomic development.

The President held a videoconference meeting with Government members.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov.

Promsvyazbank CEO Pyotr Fradkov reported to the President on the bank’s operation, including in the new constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with the Head of the Karachayevo-Circassian Republic. Rashid Temrezov briefed the President on the socioeconomic development of the region.

The President signed a Federal Law On Amendments to Articles 5 and 12¹ of the Federal Law On Combatting Corruption.

The President signed the Federal Law On Amendments to Articles 9 and 18 of the Federal Law On State Regulation of Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol and Alcohol Products and Restrictions on Alcohol Consumption.

The President of Russia met with Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the informal summit of the CIS heads of state.

Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, who are taking part in the informal CIS meeting, visited the Russian Museum.

Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko had a meeting on the sidelines of the informal CIS summit.

The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in St Petersburg hosted an informal meeting of the heads of state of members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

On December 23–24, Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova made a working trip to the Krasnodar Territory.

The President, accompanied by Tula Region Governor Alexei Dyumin, learned about the work of the Tula Region Situation Centre.

The President met with heads of defence industry enterprises in Tula.

During his working trip to the Tula Region, Vladimir Putin visited the Instrument Design Bureau named after Academician Shipunov.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Chelyabinsk Region Governor Alexei Teksler co-chaired a meeting of the State Council Commission on Economy and Finance.