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Before the meeting of the Russia-Belarus Union State Supreme State Council, Vladimir Putin met with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who is in Russia on a working visit.

Prior to the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting, Vladimir Putin met with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Vladimir Putin chaired a joint meeting of the State Council and the Commission for Monitoring Targeted Socioeconomic Development Achievement Indicators of the Russian Federation.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu briefed Vladimir Putin via video linkup from Severodvinsk on the deployment of strategic nuclear missile submarine Alexander Nevsky by the Russian Navy.

Vladimir Putin met with Rosneft President and CEO Igor Sechin to discuss the company’s results for 2013 and plans for 2014.

Vladimir Putin held a news conference at the World Trade Centre on Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment. Over 1,300 Russian and foreign journalists have been accredited to cover the news conference.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in the Kremlin.

Yesterday evening, Vladimir Putin met with Constitutional Court judges on the 20^th anniversary of the Russian Constitution.

Vladimir Putin attended a gala concert to mark the 20^th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin delivered the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

Late last night, Vladimir Putin met with Helmut Schmidt, a German statesman and the fifth chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1982.

Vladimir Putin met with Russian human rights activists, representatives of several non-governmental and non-profit human rights organisations, as well as the human rights commissioners from Russia’s federal districts.

Vladimir Putin spoke at the expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board devoted to the progress of military reform and the Armed Forces’ work in 2013.

Vladimir Putin visited the South African embassy in Moscow and paid tribute to the memory of longtime South African leader Nelson Mandela.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on developing professional standards.