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The President met with heads of defence industry enterprises in Tula.

During his working trip to the Tula Region, Vladimir Putin visited the Instrument Design Bureau named after Academician Shipunov.

Vladimir Putin answered a range of topical questions from journalists.

The President held a State Council meeting on implementing youth policy in St George’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Vladimir Putin visited the Youth Centre project area at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall and took part in the New Year Tree of Wishes charity campaign.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, which won the parliamentary election in Israel.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to current and former workers of the Russian energy sector on their professional holiday.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev.

The President held a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council, via videoconference.

Vladimir Putin spoke at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Defence Ministry, which was held at the National Defence Control Centre.

Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in ceremony to launch Kovykta field and Kovykta-Chayanda section of Power of Siberia gas pipeline.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Acting Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Acting Head of the Lugansk People’s Republic Leonid Pasechnik.

The ceremony for presenting the highest state decorations of the Russian Federation took place at the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.

Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held a joint news conference following Russian-Belarusian talks.