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December 1, 2001, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov, Chief of General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin, and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Vladimir Kuroyedov December 1, 2001, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin addressed the founding congress of Yedinstvo I Otechestvo (Unity and Motherland) Party December 1, 2001, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of congratulations to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan on the birth of their granddaughter December 1, 2001, 00:00

November 30, 2001, Friday

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Heidar Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Robert Kocharian of Armenia held a trilateral meeting November 30, 2001, 19:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

The Caucasian Quartet held a meeting November 30, 2001, 18:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia held a meeting November 30, 2001, 17:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

CIS leaders held a news conference after their anniversary summit November 30, 2001, 16:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

The CIS summit adopted statements on the situation around Afghanistan and on the 10th anniversary of the Commonwealth November 30, 2001, 15:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin announced the award of the Order for Service to the Fatherland, 1st Class, to Boris Yeltsin November 30, 2001, 14:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

Heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met for an anniversary summit November 30, 2001, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

November 29, 2001, Thursday

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Leonid Kuchma attended a ceremony for opening the Year of Ukraine in Russia November 29, 2001, 20:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

High-level Russian-Kazakh talks were held in the Kremlin November 29, 2001, 17:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin had a lunch with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II November 29, 2001, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

High-level Russian-Ukrainian talks were held in the Kremlin November 29, 2001, 12:30 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov November 29, 2001, 11:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Putin sent a letter to Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO executive committee and head of the PNA, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People November 29, 2001, 00:00

November 28, 2001, Wednesday

President Putin met with workers on the Kursk submarine recovery operation November 28, 2001, 18:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko November 28, 2001, 16:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

November 27, 2001, Tuesday

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Germany's Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder November 27, 2001, 21:00

Vladimir Putin chaired a Security Council session November 27, 2001, 17:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

"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."