Putin to attend CSTO summit in Moscow next week, Russian media report

According to Interfax, Zarubin spoke about the president's schedule for the coming week on the "Vesti" programme. Besides the summit, international contacts, a meeting with Security Council members and a session of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport are planned.

Vedomosti says the summit will be held in Moscow on 11 November. The paper lists Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia as members, and writes that Armenia has de facto frozen its participation since February 2024.

Vedomosti adds that last week Putin attended a session of the Council for Interethnic Relations and instructed that the Year of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia be extended. Both outlets are state-controlled or state-influenced.