The President met with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Kremlin.

Presidential Aide, State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Novosibirsk Region Governor Andrei Travnikov chaired a meeting of the State Council Commission on Science.

Governor of the city of federal importance Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev briefed the President on the city’s socioeconomic development in 2023.

Concluding his working trip to the Chelyabinsk Region, the President held a meeting with region’s Governor Alexei Teksler to discuss socioeconomic issues.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with students and workers of industrial enterprises in the Chelyabinsk Region at the Stankomash Industrial Park.

During his working trip to the Urals Federal District, Vladimir Putin visited the Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant and the Robotics Factory created there.

Vladimir Putin arrived in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region, where he visited the Ural Locomotives plant and held a meeting on the progress of the Moscow – St Petersburg high-speed rail project.

In Nizhny Tagil, Vladimir Putin visited one of the oldest educational institutions in the city, secondary school No. 32 featuring in-depth study of foreign languages.

Vladimir Putin visited the Centre for Diagnostics and Telemedicine Technologies and familiarised himself with the work of the Radiology Reference Centre.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Russian Federation Code of Administrative Judicial Procedure and Article 13 of Federal Law On Countering Extremist Activity.

Presidential Aide, State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Governor of the Kemerovo Region – Kuzbass Sergei Tsivilev chaired a joint meeting of the State Council Commission on Energy and the Coordination Council under the Civic Chamber for National Projects and Population Preservation.

The President approved a list of instructions following his working trip to the Arkhangelsk Region on December 11, 2023.

Vladimir Putin toured a gated community for medical workers in Tula where he met with the Shvetsov family.

Vladimir Putin took part in the opening of cancer centres in Tomsk, Ufa and Yakutsk, via videoconference.

As part of his trip to the Tula Region, Vladimir Putin visited the regional oncology centre.

Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the Everything for Victory! forum and presented the Order for Valiant Labour to the staff of the Alexander Ganichev NPO SPLAV Group. The ceremony took place at the Tula Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin has arrived in Tula where he held a meeting with activists participating in the Everything for Victory! forum.

The President held a meeting on socioeconomic development of the new Russian Federation entities – regions of Donbass and Novorossiya.

Presidential Aide, State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Head of the Republic of Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov co-chaired a meeting of the State Council Commission on Transport to discuss the implementation of presidential instructions following the September 17, 2023 meeting of the State Council Presidium on passenger transport development.