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President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority June 10, 2003, 19:00

Awards for literature and the arts were given at the Kremlin June 10, 2003, 13:30 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law ratifying Russian-Armenian inter-governmental treaties on the transfer of Armenian state-owned property to Russia in repayment for Armenia's debt June 10, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying Russian-Lithuanian agreements on the state border and the delimitation of an exclusive economic zone and the Baltic Sea continental shelf June 10, 2003, 00:00

June 9, 2003, Monday

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President George Bush of the US June 9, 2003, 23:30

President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin examined plans to make the rouble the common currency of the Russian-Belarusian Union at a working meeting in the Kremlin. In particular, Mr. Putin and Mr. Kudrin discussed the results reached by the working group on completion of preparations for introducing the Russian rouble as the common currency for the Russian-Belarusian Union from January 1 2005 June 9, 2003, 21:59

Vladimir Putin met with Director-General of the company Russian Aluminum Oleg Deripaska June 9, 2003, 21:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister — Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin June 9, 2003, 14:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the organizers and participants in the presentation of the North Rhine-Westphalia land (Germany) in Moscow June 9, 2003, 00:00

June 7, 2003, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law regulating the taxation system for implementing product sharing agreements June 7, 2003, 14:35

By a presidential decree, Mikhail Fradkov, Russia's permanent representative at the EU, was also appointed a special presidential envoy for relations with the EU June 7, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law ratifying the charter of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation June 7, 2003, 00:00

June 6, 2003, Friday

President Vladimir Putin met with Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov June 6, 2003, 18:20 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law on the ratification of the Agreement on the Legal Groundwork for Customs Union and the Common Economic Space June 6, 2003, 00:00

June 5, 2003, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin met with the finalists of the All-Russian Student Essay Competition “My Home, My Town, My Country” June 5, 2003, 20:15 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Vladimir Potanin, the president of Interros June 5, 2003, 18:20 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov June 5, 2003, 14:05 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding kindergarten teacher Marem Arapkhanova from the Sunzhensk District in the Republic of Ingushetia the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) for the courage and heroism shown while carrying out her civic duty June 5, 2003, 00:00

June 4, 2003, Wednesday

Speaking at a session of the State Council Presidium, President Vladimir Putin expressed concern at the environmental situation in Russia’s regions, particularly the serious state of affairs in a number of regions in Siberia and the Urals June 4, 2003, 21:45

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council on improving the environmental situation in Russia June 4, 2003, 17:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

"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."