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President Vladimir Putin and French President Jacques Chirac visited the Main Space Test and Control Centre April 3, 2004, 16:35 Krasnoznamensk

New Russian armaments, including strategic armaments, are not being developed for aggression, said President Vladimir Putin at a press conference on the results of a meeting with French President Jacques Chirac at the Main Centre for space tests and control April 3, 2004, 00:29

April 2, 2004, Friday

Interaction between Russia and the European Union was the main topic of discussion at the meeting between President Vladimir Putin and German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder April 2, 2004, 21:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Brazilian President Inacio Lula da Silva April 2, 2004, 14:00

Russia has no concerns about the expansion of NATO from the standpoint of ensuring security, but Russia will organize its military policies accordingly in connection with NATO nearing its borders, President Vladimir Putin announced after talks with the Federal Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder April 2, 2004, 11:37

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message to the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, in connection with Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus April 2, 2004, 10:00

April 1, 2004, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych April 1, 2004, 20:45 Novo-Ogaryovo

Meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, President Vladimir Putin proposed holding intergovernmental consultations with the presidents of the two countries taking part April 1, 2004, 15:22

President Putin met with Justice Minister Yury Chaika April 1, 2004, 14:15 Novo-Ogaryovo

March 30, 2004, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin appointed Sergei Yastrzhembsky as Presidential Aide in charge of Russian-EU relations March 30, 2004, 19:40

Russia has a well-established and extensive drug network, which has become one of the most serious threats to the country’s security, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the board of the Federal Service for control of drugs and psychotropic substances March 30, 2004, 17:26

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Uzbek President Islam Karimov March 30, 2004, 17:00

President Vladimir Putin took part in a board meeting of the Federal Service for the Control of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances March 30, 2004, 13:30 Moscow

March 27, 2004, Saturday

Answering journalists’ questions in Sochi, President Vladimir Putin said that the Presidential Administration should be an effective management instrument that carries out its assigned functions and does not overlap with the work of other top state bodies, in particular the government March 27, 2004, 19:17

President Vladimir Putin met with journalists March 27, 2004, 17:50 Bocharov Ruchei Residence, Sochi

March 26, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin said that stabilisation in the Republic of Chechnya has enabled the country to preserve its territorial integrity, protect the constitutional rights of its citizens and create opportunities for economic growth March 26, 2004, 17:49

President Vladimir Putin took part in a peoples of the Caucasus and southern Russia public forum March 26, 2004, 13:00 Rus Health Resort, Sochi

March 25, 2004, Thursday

The unique potential of the South of Russia must be used in the interests of raising the level of prosperity of the people who live them, said President Vladimir Putin at а meeting with regional leaders from the Southern Federal District March 25, 2004, 21:56

President Vladimir Putin made new appointments in the Presidential Executive Office March 25, 2004, 19:45

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with heads of the Southern Federal District March 25, 2004, 19:30 Sochi

Plenary session of St Petersburg International Economic Forum