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Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov attended the CSTO Collective Security Council meeting.
November 30, 2017
16:45
Minsk






Participants in the CSTO Collective Security Council meeting.

Following the summit, the presidents of the CSTO member states signed a declaration on the 25th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and the 15th anniversary of the Organisation, a statement on the situation in and around Syria, and a package of decisions concerning the activities of the Organisation.

In particular, decisions were signed on supporting the mediation efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, on joint measures to strengthen the defence capability of the CSTO member states, on the implementation plan for the CSTO Collective Security Strategy through 2025, and on improving measures to counter illegal migration.

In addition, the leaders signed an agreement on information security cooperation and approved the CSTO emblem and flag.

The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) currently unites Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

The Organisation’s goals include strengthening peace, international and regional security and stability, and defending the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of member states on a collective basis, primarily by political means.


Meeting with CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov


Vladimir Putin met with Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Yury Khachaturov
November 28, 2017
19:45
The Kremlin, Moscow

In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five television channels
30 November 2017 12:00 Moscow


The Prime Minister answered questions from TV anchors Valery Fadeyev (Channel One), Sergei Brilyov (Rossiya), Irada Zeinalova (NTV), Igor Poletaev (RBC) and Mikhail Fishman (TV Rain).

Excerpts from the transcript:

Results of the Government’s performance in the outgoing year and the state of the economy


In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five television channels

30 November 2017


In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five television channels

30 November 2017


In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five television channels

30 November 2017
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In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five television channels

Dmitry Medvedev: Today we can say that the economy has started growing and that on the whole the changes taking place in it are quite favourable.

Yesterday Vladimir Putin said that the main achievement of the outgoing year is that the economy has come out of recession. That is exactly so, because during the past year we had an economic decline of 0.2 percent. This is not much, but still growth was practically zero and even negative. This year the situation is different. This year our GDP has grown by about two percent, which is comparable to the average growth rates of advanced countries.

This year we will register record low inflation. In all probability, it will be below three percent. This will be the absolute best for the entire post-Soviet era.

Real incomes of the population, real wages are on the rise. Most likely, salaries will have increased by about three percent according to the results of this year. In nominal terms, the growth is seven percent. This means that incomes are growing rather than falling.

Investment in capital stock will grow by over four percent. We have not seen anything like it in recent years either. Not to mention such important indicators as a balanced budget and currency reserves that have also increased this year.

We have fully met our social commitments. We have done all that we planned.