MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. It is planned that Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet business leaders on December 21, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin told reporters on Tuesday.
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"We will have the meeting with the President on December 21. This a traditional meeting with the business before the New Year," Shokhin said.
No formal invitations for this meeting have been received yet but it is planned, he added.
Preliminary preparations for the meeting with the president are underway, Shokhin said. "Meetings before the New Year are not usually burdened with heated discussions but I think we can nevertheless raise several issues," he noted, without detailing matters that can be brought for discussion.