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July 11, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin met with the Federation Council's leadership July 11, 2002, 19:50 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law “On the Ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.” July 11, 2002, 00:00

July 10, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Edmund Stoiber, Prime Minister of Bavaria and Chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) July 10, 2002, 13:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

July 9, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with King Abdallah II of Jordan July 9, 2002, 12:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent South African President Thabo Mbeki his congratulations on Mbeki's election as Chairperson of the African Union, a continentwide forum of African peoples to succeed the Organisation of African Unity July 9, 2002, 00:00

July 8, 2002, Monday

President Vladimir Putin chaired a session of the Security Council on the country's economic security at the Kremlin July 8, 2002, 22:55 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin July 8, 2002, 22:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

Completing his working visit to the Volga Federal District, President Vladimir Putin decided to visit Ufa to pay respect to the victims of the plane crash over Germany on July 2 July 8, 2002, 19:15 Ufa

President Vladimir Putin chaired a conference on the social and economic development of the Volga Federal District July 8, 2002, 13:15 Saransk

July 6, 2002, Saturday

An informal meeting of the heads of Central Asian states and Russia was held in Aktau July 6, 2002, 16:50 Aktau, Kazakhstan

July 4, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin met with Gennady Seleznev, Chairman of the State Duma July 4, 2002, 14:50 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to US President George W. Bush on Independence Day July 4, 2002, 00:00

July 3, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Transport Minister Sergei Frank and Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov July 3, 2002, 14:50 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko July 3, 2002, 14:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

July 2, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder July 2, 2002, 18:50

President Vladimir Putin sent messages of condolence to the relatives of passengers who died when a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 plane crashed in the early hours of July 2 July 2, 2002, 16:00

President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Jacques Chirac July 2, 2002, 15:15

President Vladimir Putin met with members of the Presidium of the Central Council of the Russian Agrarian Movement July 2, 2002, 13:10 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson on Canada Day July 2, 2002, 00:00

July 1, 2002, Monday

President Vladimir Putin met with Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Vladimir Kuroyedov July 1, 2002, 17:25 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."