News - Russia's Putin to meet with CIS leaders on his birthday

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with the heads of the CIS countries in Moscow on his birthday on October 7; working meetings are also planned. Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the head of the Russian state, informed this to reporters, according to RIA Novosti. "There won't be anything particularly festive. He [i.e. Putin] will have working meetings—closed, not public—in the morning. In the evening, the leaders of the CIS countries will meet with the president. We will inform you further," said Peskov, when asked about the Russian president's birthday calendar on October 7. On that day, Putin will turn 72 years old. It is not yet known whether Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan will attend the meeting of the heads of the CIS countries.