【Key Focus: Leader of the Russian Germans Autonomous Region Invites Putin to the "Catherine Forum"]
On November 5, 2025, Moscow time, Konstantin Mattis, the head of the Federal National and Cultural Autonomous Region of the Russian Germans, stated at a meeting of the Interethnic Relations Committee:
In this regard, together with the Russian People's Congress, with the support of FAEA, and with the participation of many people present, we will hold the second Catherine Forum on December 20th, based on the "Russia" State Center. This forum is an invitation to those who are already here, want to come, and are ready to work for the country's interests in Russia. Of course, with this opportunity, we would like to invite you (Russian President Putin) to visit the Catherine Forum. We also ask you to call on the federal government to make the forum a tradition and include it in the implementation plan of the updated national policy strategy that will be passed. The forum can become a platform for preparing the 300th anniversary of the birth of Catherine II.
Putin responded on the spot:
Thank you for your work on the autonomous region and for the invitation. My attendance will depend on my schedule.
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