Vladimir Putin signed an order On Presenting a Letter of Commendation from the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces.

Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Russian Federation Government and the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia on Medical Aid for Military Service Personnel.

The President signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia on Medical Assistance to Military Personnel.

Vladimir Putin, via videoconference, heard a report from the head of the Russian Armed Forces Engineering Corps on operations to clear mines from the world cultural heritage site of Palmyra, which was liberated by the Syrian army with support from Russia’s Aerospace forces.

In a ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace’s St George Hall, Vladimir Putin congratulated military and security officers and personnel of the Prosecutor General’s Office on their new appointments to senior command posts and conferment of senior (special) ranks and titles.

During his trip to Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation with Foreign States.

Before the meeting of the Commission on Military Technology Cooperation, the President visited the Nizhny Novgorod 70^th Anniversary of Victory Plant of the Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defence Corporation.

At a meeting in the Kremlin’s St George Hall, Vladimir Putin presented state decorations to service personnel and defence industry specialists who distinguished themselves in the performance of special missions in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Vladimir Putin presented the banner of the Aerospace Forces to Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Colonel General Viktor Bondarev at a gala ceremony in the Kremlin’s St Alexander Hall.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission to discuss the 2015 defence procurement programme results and examine the outlook for the Russian defence industry’s development.

In the course of a videoconference, the Chief of the General Staff of Russia’s Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, who was at the Opuk testing range in Crimea, and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu briefed the President on the inspection of the combat readiness of the Southern Military District troops.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces held a meeting with military district commanders.

Vladimir Putin took part in the annual expanded meeting of the Russian Federation Defence Ministry Board.

The meeting, which will be held at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, will sum up the results of Russia’s Armed Forces activity in 2015.

The President presented state decorations to Russian servicemen taking part in the military operation in Syria.

Vladimir Putin visited the workshops of Ural Transport Machine Building Design Bureau at Research and Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Awarding Russian Federation State Decorations to Russian Federation Armed Forces Service Personnel.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Defence Ministry’s heads on the Russian Aerospace Forces’ operation in Syria.

Vladimir Putin visited the National Defence Control Centre where he held a meeting to discuss the actions of Russia’s Aerospace Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic.