Vladimir Putin met with senior officers promoted to higher positions and awarded higher military (special) ranks.

Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on a Joint Group of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia, signed in Moscow on November 21, 2015.

Vladimir Putin chaired the last in a series of meetings on Armed Forces development.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting to examine defence industry enterprises’ readiness for mobilisation tasks, bolstering production capacity, and improving the national material reserves system.

Vladimir Putin continued a series of meetings with Defence Ministry heads on the main directions for developing the Armed Forces and the immediate and long-term military development priorities.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the leaders of the Defence Ministry, federal agencies and defence industry companies. The discussion focused on the implementation of the State Armaments Programme and the state defence order in 2016, and the Russian antiterrorist operation in Syria.

Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement on the CSTO member states cooperation in transportation of military and other personnel, their personal chattel, as well as military goods, signed in Dushanbe on September 15, 2015.

The President signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on the Deployment of an Air Group of the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Vladimir Putin met with the parents of Dagestani police officer Magomed Nurbagandov who died a hero’s death. The meeting was attended by Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev and Head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on government spending under the State Armaments Programme for 2018–2025 project.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the use of the defence industry’s potential in the production of high-tech civilian goods that find demand on domestic and export markets. The meeting took place at the premises of the Research and Production Enterprise SPLAV.

The President submitted to the State Duma for ratification an agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on deploying an aviation group of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, signed in Damascus on August 26, 2015.

The President congratulated Russia’s paratroopers and veterans of the Airborne Forces on Paratroopers Day.

Last evening, in St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin held a meeting on military shipbuilding.

Vladimir Putin took part in celebrations marking Russian Navy Day as part of his trip to St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia on a Joint Group of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia, signed in Moscow on November 21, 2015.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation with Foreign States.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission to discuss the drafting of the State Armament Programme for 2018–2025.

A reception in honour of graduates of military academies, institutes and universities run by the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, Interior Ministry, Emergency Situations Ministry, Federal Security Service and Federal Guards Service was hosted at the Grand Kremlin Palace. Distinguished graduates of academies under the responsibility of the Federal National Guard attended the reception for the first time.