On January 29, Vladimir Putin will take part in the signing ceremony of the General Agreement between national associations of trade unions, national associations of employers, and the Government of the Russian Federation for 2018–2020 2018-01-28 15:00:00 The document will be signed by Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Mikhail Shmakov, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, and Minister of Labour and Social Protection Maxim Topilin. The agreement sets forth the principles by which social, labour and related economic relations will be regulated at the federal level for the next three years.