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August 14, 2003, Thursday

Russian Muslims have every right to feel they are a part of the Islamic world, announced President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the ambassador for relations with the Islamic Conference Organisation (ICO) and other international Islamic organisations, V. Popov August 14, 2003, 19:18

President Vladimir Putin met with Veniamin Popov, the Russian Ambassador to the OIC and other international Muslim organisations August 14, 2003, 14:50 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev August 14, 2003, 14:20 Novo-Ogaryovo

August 13, 2003, Wednesday

Joining the World Trade Organisation is a most important part of Russia’s economic policy, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the directors of Russian processing companies August 13, 2003, 19:41

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with executives of a number of Russian companies August 13, 2003, 15:10 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 12, 2003, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin discussed issues of financing sport with deputy prime minister, Finance Minister A. Kudrin and the chairman of the State Sport Committee V. Fetisov August 12, 2003, 19:03

President Vladimir Putin met with Vladimir Mikhailov, Commander-In-Chief of the Russian Air Force August 12, 2003, 14:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin signed a Decree “On the Prerogatives of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.” August 12, 2003, 00:00

August 11, 2003, Monday

President Putin met with Federal Security Service Director Nikolai Patrushev August 11, 2003, 13:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Government members August 11, 2003, 12:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 9, 2003, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin wished Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma a happy 65th birthday by telephone August 9, 2003, 12:45

August 8, 2003, Friday

President Vladimir Putin and the Head of the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation Alexander Veshynakov discussed the work of the commission in connection with the upcoming elections for the State Duma and in a number of subjects of the Russian Federation August 8, 2003, 22:13

President Vladimir Putin met with Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Anatoly Kvashnin August 8, 2003, 15:10 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov August 8, 2003, 13:45 Novo-Ogaryovo

August 7, 2003, Thursday

At a meeting with deputy prime minister Viktor Khristenko, President Vladimir Putin discussed plans for reforming electrical energy and the system of train transport in the period up until 2006 August 7, 2003, 20:20

President Vladimir Putin met with Abdul-Khakim Sultygov, Russian President's Special Representative for Human Rights in Chechnya August 7, 2003, 14:25 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko August 7, 2003, 13:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification a protocol on the control procedure over the use of defence products supplied under the Agreement on the General Principles of Military-Technical Cooperation between the Member-States of the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, 1992 August 7, 2003, 00:00

August 6, 2003, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Boris Aleshin August 6, 2003, 21:40 Novo-Ogaryovo

“We can consider Malaysia a platform from which to promote our economic interests in the Asia-Pacific region,” President Vladimir Putin said in Samarkand, rounding up the results of the first official visit to Malaysia in the 35-year history of its bilateral relations with Russia August 6, 2003, 21:15

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