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President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Mikhail Fradkov May 7, 2004, 14:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin's inauguration as President of Russia took place at the Kremlin May 7, 2004, 13:30 Moscow

”The President’s obligations to look after the state and faithfully serve the people will henceforward be sacred to me and will be above all else.“ May 7, 2004, 12:26

Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as President of Russia is now taking place in the Kremlin May 7, 2004, 12:06

May 6, 2004, Thursday

At a meeting with members of the Central Election Commission, President Vladimir Putin said he was in favour of consolidating political parties, as he believes only solid and competent political parties that enjoy extensive support from voters should have an influence on the country’s destiny May 6, 2004, 19:49

President Vladimir Putin met with the Central Election Commission May 6, 2004, 13:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi May 6, 2004, 13:00

May 5, 2004, Wednesday

All government decisions should be based on the essential principle of not making people’s situation any worse May 5, 2004, 20:43

President Vladimir Putin and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili had two telephone conversations at the request of the Georgian side May 5, 2004, 17:30

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov briefed President Vladimir Putin on the meeting of the Middle East Quartet of international mediators in New York on May 4 May 5, 2004, 14:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 30, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Uzbek President Islam Karimov at the request of the Uzbek side April 30, 2004, 17:40

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan at the request of the Turkish side April 30, 2004, 17:30

April 29, 2004, Thursday

The task of the state is, together with the necessary forms of state support of northern territories, to find decisions based on effective market mechanisms and which make it possible to reveal the potential and competitive advantages of the Russian North, said President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of representatives of northern territories April 29, 2004, 20:14

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez April 29, 2004, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin took part in an assembly of representatives of Russia's northern regions April 29, 2004, 14:30 Salekhard

President Vladimir Putin visited the primary school and kindergarten in Gornoknyazevsk April 29, 2004, 11:40 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area

April 28, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin called for a competent, long-term policy for the country’s northern territories at a meeting of the State Council Presidium on social and economic problems in the northern regions April 28, 2004, 21:17

The structure of the economy of the Russian North needs modernisation and diversification, the President told a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council held in Salekhard April 28, 2004, 17:00 Salekhard

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to South African President Tabo Mbeki congratulating him on being reelected as President and on the tenth anniversary of the establishment of democracy in the Republic of South Africa, Freedom Day April 28, 2004, 14:30

April 27, 2004, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov April 27, 2004, 17:50

"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."

Transcripts, May 9, 2025