Vladimir Putin attended a gala concert in honour of conductor Yury Temirkanov’s 75th birthday. The concert launched the XIV International Winter Festival Arts Square, which is taking place in St Petersburg on December 14–25, 2013.

Vladimir Putin participated in the opening ceremony for the 37^th World Sambo Championships. The President presented awards to winners in the first day’s competitions.

During a visit to the Klimov engine-building plant, Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the state and development prospects of the Russian aviation engine building sector.

Sergei Ivanov, Chief of the Presidential Executive Office and Chair of the Organizing Committee for the Russia’s G20 Presidency in 2013, made a working visit to St.Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on implementing the 2011–2020 state arms procurement programme, focusing on development of the technology base for air and space defence.

Vladimir Putin took part in a working lunch with International Olympic Committee members at SportAccord International Convention. The President also viewed the Olympic and Paralympic medals that will be awarded at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

Vladimir Putin took part in the naming ceremony for the Vitus Bering lead icebreaking platform supply vessel.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on organising premises for the Supreme Court, Higher Arbitration Court, and the Supreme Court’s Judicial Department.

Vladimir Putin announced that he had signed a set of documents aimed at improving the judicial system and increasing the social status of judges, as well as amending the law On Assemblies, Rallies, Demonstrations, Processions and Picketing.

Information for Russian and foreign journalists accredited to cover Vladimir Putin’s participation in the Russia-EU summit.

The 29th Russia-EU Summit will be held in St Petersburg.

In St Petersburg, Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on school education.

Dmitry and Svetlana Medvedev attended the consecration ceremony of the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt. The ceremony was carried out by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Head of the Interior Ministry's Main Department for St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

Dmitry Medvedev presented the certificates conferring the title of City of Military Glory title to the mayors of Kovrov, Lomonosov, Taganrog and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order releasing Mikhail Sukhodolsky from his post of head of the Interior Ministry’s Main Department for St Petersburg and Leningrad Region.

Dmitry Medvedev had working meetings with head of the Republic of Udmurtia Alexander Volkov and St Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated residents of St Petersburg and Leningrad Region on the 68^th anniversary of the lifting of the Leningrad Blockade. 

Dmitry Medvedev met with medical personnel during a visit to the Djanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine and also visited the institute’s emergency cardiology department.

Subjects discussed at the meeting included healthcare development, social protection for medical workers, and raising the standards of medical services provided, including in emergency medicine facilities.