Events
Trip to St Petersburg
Visiting the Severnaya Verf Shipyard in St Petersburg on December 25, Vladimir Putin took part in the naval flag-raising ceremony on the Admiral Golovko frigate, the Naro-Fominsk fast attack craft, and the Lev Chernavin minesweeper that were accepted into the Russian Navy. After the ceremony, the President listened to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu’s report on the course of the special military operation.
Later, the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council met in the restricted and the expanded formats, which were chaired by the President.
On the following day, the leaders of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) had an informal meeting at the Constantine Palace. Before the summit, the participants visited the open-air museums Pavlovsk, Tsarskoye Sel and Peterhof. In addition, Vladimir Putin held separate bilateral meetings with the heads of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
At the end of the second day, the President met with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller.