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On the initiative of the Canadian side, a telephone conversation was held between the Russian President and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin September 5, 2004, 16:50

On the initiative of the Indian side, a telephone conversation was held between Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh September 5, 2004, 16:30

September 4, 2004, Saturday

On the initiative of the Bulgarian side, a telephone conversation was held between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov September 4, 2004, 22:00

What we are dealing with are not isolated acts intended to frighten us, not isolated terrorist attacks. What we are facing is direct intervention of international terror directed against Russia. This is a total, cruel and full-scale war thatagain and again is taking the lives of our fellow citizens September 4, 2004, 20:30

On the initiative of the Malaysian side, a telephone conversation was held between Vladimir Putin and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi September 4, 2004, 20:30

President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma September 4, 2004, 20:00

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree announcing a period of mourning following the tragic events in the town of Beslan September 4, 2004, 18:15

President Vladimir Putin addressed to the Nation September 4, 2004, 18:00

All possible different scenarios were examined during the hostage tragedy but there were no plans to liberate the school by force September 4, 2004, 10:41

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the North Ossetia authorities and also with a number of federal and regional security and law enforcement agencies September 4, 2004, 06:10 Beslan, North Ossetia

President Vladimir Putin arrived at Beslan District Hospital September 4, 2004, 05:30 North Ossetia

September 3, 2004, Friday

Russia's President received many messages of support from the leaders of different countries throughout the days the hostage crisis in North Ossetia continued September 3, 2004, 20:00

September 2, 2004, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The telephone call was the German side's initiative September 2, 2004, 17:25

All action taken by the forces working on freeing the hostages in Beslan will be dictated by the need to preserve their lives and health September 2, 2004, 17:21

President Vladimir Putin spoke on the telephone with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. The telephone call was the Spanish side's initiative September 2, 2004, 17:20

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan September 2, 2004, 16:50

In the connection with the terrorists' attack in Beslan Vladimir Putin decided to cancel his official visit to Turkey which was scheduled for September 2–4, 2004 September 2, 2004, 16:30

September 1, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US President George W. Bush September 1, 2004, 23:50

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the hostage taking at a school in the town of Beslan at the airport on his arrival in Moscow September 1, 2004, 13:10

President Vladimir Putin has returned to Moscow September 1, 2004, 13:00

"We remember the lessons of World War II and will never agree with the distortion of those events or attempts to justify the murderers and slander the true victors."