The Supreme Commander-in-Chief visited the St Petersburg Suvorov Military Academy of the Russian Defence Ministry. Vladimir Putin learned more about the cadets’ curriculum, as well as their living conditions and how they spend their free time.

During his working trip to St Petersburg Vladimir Putin visited the Severnaya Verf Shipyard.

Senior officers and prosecutors appointed to higher positions and awarded senior military (special) titles and class ranks were presented to the President in a ceremony held in the Grand Kremlin Palace’s Alexander Hall.

Vladimir Putin attended a gala evening marking the Day of Special Operations Forces, a branch of the Armed Forces of Russia.

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall to honour the memory of fallen soldiers.

On the Day of Memory of Russians who served abroad, Vladimir Putin sent a message to participants in the ceremony marking the 30^th anniversary of the Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with General Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Dmitry Rogozin to discuss the performance and development plans for the space industry.

On the instructions of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Defence Ministry carried out a flight test that included a successful launch of an Avangard missile carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle.

The President approved a list of instructions following the meeting on the diversification of the defence industry held on November 21, 2018.

Vladimir Putin took part in an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board.

The President approved a list of instructions following the meeting on the diversification of the defence industry held on November 21, 2018.

A reception celebrating Heroes of the Fatherland Day was held at the Kremlin on behalf of Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the family and friends of Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Head of the legendary Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff Igor Korobov in connection with his death.

Vladimir Putin held a closing meeting with Defence Ministry leadership and defence industry heads at the Era Military Innovation Technopark. The participants discussed issues related to the construction of military facilities as part of the State Armament Programme.

Vladimir Putin continued the series of meetings on the development of the military-industrial complex. The second meeting of this cycle is devoted to the implementation of defence procurement and the State Armament Programme.

The President held the first in the series of meetings with Defence Ministry senior officials on military construction and the development of the national Armed Forces and the defence industry.