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Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolence to Pope Francis on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Vladimir Putin sent Christmas and New Year greetings to foreign heads of state and government.

Vladimir Putin sent condolences to President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Jair Messias Bolsonaro in connection with the death of the great Brazilian football player Pele.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolence to Eduard Artemyev’s family and friends following the composer’s passing.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Benjamin Netanyahu on being sworn in as Prime Minister of the State of Israel.

Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in a ceremony for raising the Russian navy flag on the new vessels delivered to the Navy and to launch the nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Imperator Aleksandr III.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez.

Vladimir Putin took part in a videoconference ceremony for launching production at the Titan-Polymer plant.

The President spoke by telephone with eight-year-old Alexandra Titarenko from the Zaporozhye Region, participant in the New Year Tree of Wishes national charity campaign.

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.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants and guests of the main board meeting of the Brothers-in-Arms All-Russian Public Organisation of Veterans and congratulated them on the 25^th anniversary of the organisation which unites members of the Armed Forces, Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service and other agencies.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the Russian Union of Public Associations of Veterans of Airborne Forces, Russian Paratroopers Union, on the 20^th anniversary of its establishment.

The President, accompanied by Tula Region Governor Alexei Dyumin, learned about the work of the Tula Region Situation Centre.