From December 27 to 29, as part of an informal CIS summit, Vladimir Putin held a series of meetings in the Trojan Hall of the Konstantinovsky Palace. Among them: a meeting with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - the Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev, as well as with the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Another significant event of the evening on December 29 was the presentation by Vladimir Putin of state awards to honored Russian hockey players.
