Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking part in a traditional informal meeting of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Saint Petersburg on Monday, December 26.
Informal summits of CIS at the end of the year, gathered by the Russian president, have been held over the past years and have already become a tradition. Putin invited the CIS leaders to the current summit during a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on December 9 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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