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The President took part in the opening of the Crimean Bridge to railway traffic. Vladimir Putin ordered, via videoconference, the departure of the Tavria express passenger train from St Petersburg to Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to Leo Bokeria, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and honorary president of the Bakulev National Medical Research Centre of Cardiovascular Surgery, on his 80^th birthday.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to current and former Gokhran workers on the tercentenary of the State Fund of Precious Metals and Precious Stones of the Russian Federation and the centenary of State Storage of Precious Metals and Precious Stones (Gokhran of Russia).

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to current and former workers of Russia's energy industry on Energy Industry Worker's Day.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev as part of the informal CIS summit.

An informal CIS summit took place in St Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko ahead of the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting in St Petersburg with First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and Head of the Political Council of the Ukrainian party Opposition Platform-For Life Viktor Medvedchuk.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the staff of AnRussTrans on the 15^th anniversary of the restoration of the Crimea-Caucasus regular direct railway ferry service.

Vladimir Putin attended a gala evening hosted in the State Kremlin Palace to mark Security Agency Worker’s Day, celebrated in Russia on December 20.

The news conference was broadcast live by Rossiya-1, Rossiya-24, Channel One, NTV television channels, as well as radio stations Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants in the gala event marking the 100^th anniversary of the Central Armed Forces Museum, the museum’s staff and veterans.

Vladimir Putin congratulated military and civilian personnel of the National Centre for State Defence Control on the 5^th anniversary of its founding.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron at the French side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Turkish side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the participants of the first Clean Country Forum and Exhibition dedicated to reviewing the first year of the Environment national project.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants in the 3^rd International Conference Problems of Human Rights Protection in the Eurasian Region: Exchange of the Best Practices of Ombudspersons, held in Moscow.