According to the Telegram channel, leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States countries, who came to St. Petersburg for an unofficial summit, presented “club rings” congratulating the New Year. “The Pool of the First”.
Journalists were interested in an unusual ring on the hand of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. They learned that the same rings with the inscription “Happy New Year” on it were bought by all the heads of the member states of the Commonwealth of Nations at the summit.
The rings also mark the year – 2023 – and the place of the summit – St. It was carved with St. Petersburg.
Meeting of the leaders of the CIS countries BN Yeltsin. It took seven hours.
The opening speech was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin. congratulated heads and peoples of the CIS countries with the coming New Year.
Putin also drew the attention of the audience to the growth of trade, the development of domestic goods, services and capital markets as a result of successful multilateral cooperation between the alliance countries, and the active interaction in terms of resistance. terrorism, cross-border crimes, etc.