Yesterday during the CIS country members’ non formal summit in Moscow the President of the RF Vladimir Putin said that during the 8 years of his presidency the CIS states were able to avoid the spare issues of interrelations.
“Very soon the term of my office will be over. I have also invited you to express my gratitude to you. During this period, during this many years we have worked very closely. Despite the fact that there was no lack of issues we were able to avoid extra complications and collisions,” said Putin and emphasized that the RF has always tried to find solutions, which would be acceptable for all the member states. “At least we have tried to do this in the framework of the CIS,” he stated. Putin believes that the CIS rostrum brought to commonwealth among the CIS states and promoted to the development of the post-Soviet states and millions of people. “Without your active involvement in this process nothing would work out. Besides that I have always felt your human support and I am thankful to you for that. It was pleasure for me to work with all the presidents of the CIS. Thank you for that,” said the Russian President. “We all understand that the acts of chauvinism depend on how the leaders of states solve their migration issues. Therefore, we made certain decisions in the economy and small business sectors. The reason for that was to protect the CIS citizens,” he said and added that the CIS citizens encounter certain nationalistic abuse and violence. “We are sorry for that and will do our best to find and punish the culprits. We will fight against it permanently and every day,” Putin said. Putin also promised to add the funding of the CIS Mir TV channel by 50%. “I suggest adding the funding of the Mir TV channel by 50% and expand the digital technologies of program broadcast,” he mentioned.