A ceremony signing the laws on admitting the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation took place at the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin met with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in the scientific-practical conference 20 Years of Russia’s Constitution: Institutions of a Rule-of-Law State, Civil Society and the Law-making Process.

Vladimir Putin met with Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin before the start of the Federal Assembly’s autumn session.

Vladimir Putin met with the Security Council’s permanent members to discuss a number of current social and economic matters and international issues.

Vladimir Putin paid tribute to the memory of fallen soldiers, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall.

Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent Security Council members, addressing current socioeconomic issues on the Russian domestic agenda, as well as international issues.

Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council to discuss the current socio-economic situation in Russia and international affairs. The meeting’s participants also congratulated Sergei Shoigu on his appointment as Defence Minister.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council to discuss current social and economic issues and the international situation, in particular Russia’s relations with the European Union.

Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council to discuss issues on the socio-economic agenda and the international agenda, in particular the situation in Syria.

Vladimir Putin discussed with the Security Council’s permanent members current socio-economic issues and the international situation, including in the context of the discussions underway at the UN General Assembly. Mr Putin also raised the question of taking urgent measures to combat drunk driving.

Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council.

Russia’s socio-economic development, global economic situation, and the situation in the Middle East were the main subjects of discussion.

Vladimir Putin held a briefing with permanent members of the Security Council. Issues discussed included integration processes as part of the Common Economic Space, relations with the European Union and the situation in Syria. The meeting took place in the context of the President’s upcoming foreign visits.

Sergey Naryshkin briefed the President on the work of the Russian Parliament. The issues of legislative support for integration processes within the Customs Union and Common Economic Space were discussed separately.

The meeting began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the blasts in Makhachkala. Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov and Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev then reported on the situation in Daghestan and the measures being taken to find and detain the terrorist attacks’ organisers, and to help the injured and the victims’ families.

The event was organised to mark the twentieth anniversary of the CIS and the fifth anniversary of the CIS Interstate Humanitarian Cooperation Fund, as well as the end of the CIS Historical and Cultural Heritage Year.

Chief of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption.