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.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Acting Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Acting Head of the Lugansk People’s Republic Leonid Pasechnik.

Thirteen venues for teenagers opened at the same time in different Russian cities at the initiative of Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. They are set up across the country as part of the Teenagers of Russia programme supported by the President and implemented with the participation of the Federal Centre for Teenager Socialisation.

On the initiative of Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, the first meeting of the Coordinating Council for the Social Integration of Minors and Young Adults with Disabilities took place.