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May 14, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan May 14, 2004, 20:30

Developing trade and economic ties between Russia and Armenia was the main subject of discussion at a meeting between the presidents of the two countries May 14, 2004, 20:08

President Vladimir Putin met with Armenian President Robert Kocharian May 14, 2004, 14:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

May 13, 2004, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin and King of Jordan Abdullah II had a telephone conversation on Jordan's initiative May 13, 2004, 18:00

May 12, 2004, Wednesday

Russia expects this year to harvest 73–76 million tons of grain, which will enable the country to fulfil its own consumption needs and also export grain and build up its reserves, Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev informed President Vladimir Putin May 12, 2004, 21:39

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Heinz Fischer, President-elect of Austria May 12, 2004, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Mikhail Fradkov Prime Minister of the Russian Government May 12, 2004, 14:20

May 11, 2004, Tuesday

The basic conditions for the restoration and revival of Chechnya are so fundamental now that no one will be able to turn things back, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of Government May 11, 2004, 19:16

President Vladimir Putin told Cabinet members that he had spent the first half of the day in the Chechen Republic May 11, 2004, 15:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 9, 2004, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at the request of the Spanish side May 9, 2004, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin met with Sergei Abramov, the acting President of Chechnya and Chairman of the Republican Government May 9, 2004, 16:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with the son of late Chechen President, Ramzan Kadyrov May 9, 2004, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Victory Day is a holiday shared by the peoples of Russia and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States May 9, 2004, 14:19

President Vladimir Putin attended a military parade to mark the 59th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) May 9, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 8, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin attended a gala concert to mark Victory Day May 8, 2004, 18:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili May 8, 2004, 17:40

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev on Azerbaijan's initiative May 8, 2004, 17:20

President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in honour of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War May 8, 2004, 14:54

President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier May 8, 2004, 10:20 Alexandrovsky Garden, Moscow

May 7, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma at the request of the Ukrainian side May 7, 2004, 20:10

"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."