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President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev, who had won the Golden Lion and the Best Debut award at the Venice Film Festival September 10, 2003, 00:00

September 8, 2003, Monday

President Vladimir Putin congratulated People’s Poet of Dagestan Rasul Gamzatov on the occasion of his eightieth birthday and awarded him the order of Saint Andrew the First-Called September 8, 2003, 20:30

President Vladimir Putin wished Dagestan poet and public figure Rasul Gamzatov a happy 80th birthday September 8, 2003, 15:40

September 6, 2003, Saturday

The prospects of development of economic, trade and regional ties between Russia and Bulgaria were discussed in Sochi by the president of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and G. Pyrvanov September 6, 2003, 19:51

President Vladimir Putin had talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov September 6, 2003, 14:30 Bocharov Ruchei, Sochi

President Vladimir Putin had a talk with Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKoil September 6, 2003, 11:00 Bocharov Ruchei, Sochi

September 5, 2003, Friday

President Vladimir Putin with his wife, Lyudmila, met with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and his wife, Zorka September 5, 2003, 20:00 Bocharov Ruchei, Sochi

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with French President Jacque Chirac September 5, 2003, 19:30

September 3, 2003, Wednesday

Vladimir Putin made a trip to the Rostov Region September 3, 2003, 23:30

Developing the country’s resources will be treated as a priority for Russia, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the State Council’s Presidium. The meeting, devoted to the subject of Russia’s water resources and their development, took place on board the ship “Kazan” on the Don River September 3, 2003, 22:01

President Vladimir Putin was briefed on a terrorist attack in the Stavropol Region September 3, 2003, 10:00 Moscow

September 2, 2003, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma September 2, 2003, 20:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin believes Saudi Arabia to be one of the key nations in the Islamic world. President Putin announced this at a meeting at the Kremlin with the crown prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah September 2, 2003, 19:25

By his decree President Vladimir Putin set the State Duma elections for December 7, 2003 September 2, 2003, 19:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin held negotiations with Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia September 2, 2003, 12:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

September 1, 2003, Monday

President Vladimir Putin congratulated the country’s schoolchildren, directors, and teachers in the school, higher education and specialised professional education systems with the beginning of the new school year, the “Day of Knowledge.” September 1, 2003, 21:40

President Vladimir Putin met with Royal Dutch/Shell Group chairman Philip Watts September 1, 2003, 18:40 Novo-Ogaryovo

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi September 1, 2003, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Cabinet members September 1, 2003, 12:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Uzbek President Islam Karimov on the national holiday — Independence Day September 1, 2003, 00:00

Meeting on the results of implementing Presidential addresses to the Federal Assembly