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President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Aman Tuleyev, Governor of the Kemerovo Region, expressing his condolences over an accident in the Taizhina coalmine April 13, 2004, 10:45

April 12, 2004, Monday

Space is still an area in which military-confrontation takes place, but the world community is working towards its demilitarisation, President Vladimir Putin said at an event at the Federal Space Agency marking Space Exploration Day April 12, 2004, 21:41

President Vladimir Putin congratulated all workers in the space industry on Cosmonautics Day April 12, 2004, 18:00 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Cabinet members April 12, 2004, 13:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 11, 2004, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin attended an Easter service at Christ the Saviour Cathedral April 11, 2004, 05:00 Moscow

April 9, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin met with participants in the conference Liberal Programme for the New Century: Global View April 9, 2004, 20:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

Pension reform was one of the topics discussed at a meeting with participants of the conference ”Liberal programme for a new century: a global view“, whom President Vladimir Putin received at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo April 9, 2004, 17:56

April 8, 2004, Thursday

Vladimir Putin and US President George Bush had a telephone conversation at the request of the American side April 8, 2004, 18:25

At a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, President Vladimir Putin stressed that the level of trust between NATO and Russia needs to be raised April 8, 2004, 16:04

President Putin met with the leaders of the Federation Council and State Duma parties at the Kremlin April 8, 2004, 15:20 Moscow

The full responsibility for security, law and order in the Chechen Republic should be gradually transferred to the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Internal Affairs Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev April 8, 2004, 14:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Putin met with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer April 8, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 7, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin wished German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a happy 60th birthday April 7, 2004, 21:00

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar April 7, 2004, 20:30

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar on current issues of Russian-Chilean cooperation April 7, 2004, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin met with Sergei Shoigu, the Minister of Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and Natural Disaster Relief April 7, 2004, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 6, 2004, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin telephoned President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov, who survived an assassination attempt on the morning of April 6 April 6, 2004, 17:00

Russia is ready to contribute to stabilisation in the Middle East, President Vladimir Putin said during the negotiations at the Kremlin with the President of the Republic of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh April 6, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow.

April 5, 2004, Monday

Russia supports the idea of creating a high-level group to examine ways to reform the United Nations, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan April 5, 2004, 20:30

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili at the request of the Georgian side April 5, 2004, 16:00

"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."