The Supreme Commander-in-Chief made a video address to congratulate the military personnel and veterans on the Special Operations Forces on their professional holiday.

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, the President laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall.

Vladimir Putin made a video address to congratulate veterans, the military and civilian personnel of the Armed Forces and all citizens of Russia on this holiday.

A scheduled strategic deterrence forces exercise was held under the supervision of Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin, which also included launches of ballistic and cruise missiles.

The President met with General Designer of Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defence Concern Pavel Sozinov.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Director General of Tactical Missiles Corporation Boris Obnosov.

The President signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan on the Establishment of the Joint Regional Air Defence System of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.

The President took part in a ceremony marking the induction of nuclear missile submarines Knyaz Oleg and Novosibirsk into the Russian Navy.

Vladimir Putin took part in the annual expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Promsvyazbank CEO Pyotr Fradkov.

The President signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Protocol Extending the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Notification of Ballistic Missile and Space Rocket Carrier Launches, of October 13, 2009.

The President signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement on the Joint Engineering Unit for Humanitarian Demining of the Armed Forces of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The President answered questions from Pavel Zarubin, a journalist with Rossiya 1 TV channel.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting, via videoconference, of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Director General of Russian Helicopters Holding Andrei Boginsky.

In Sochi, Vladimir Putin chaired the final meeting in a series of meetings with Defence Ministry leadership and heads of defence industry enterprises.

In Sochi, Vladimir Putin chaired the second meeting with Defence Ministry leadership and heads of defence industry enterprises.

A new series of the President’s meetings with Defence Ministry leaders and the defence industry heads began in Sochi.

Deputy Head of the Main Organisation and Mobilisation Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Sergei Pobirokhin chaired a visiting meeting of the standing commission of the Presidential Council for Cossack Affairs for cooperation between the Defence Ministry and Cossack Military Societies.