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President Vladimir Putin met with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chairman of the board of the Yukos oil company December 20, 2002, 14:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy December 20, 2002, 12:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

December 19, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev December 19, 2002, 16:05 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin replied to Russians' questions during a live call-in show December 19, 2002, 14:30 Moscow

December 18, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin relieved General Gennady Troshev of his duties as commander of the forces of the North Caucasus Military District December 18, 2002, 00:00

December 17, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela December 17, 2002, 23:30

President Vladimir Putin held negotiations with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh December 17, 2002, 15:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

December 16, 2002, Monday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon December 16, 2002, 18:20

President Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Central Bank Sergei Ignatyev December 16, 2002, 16:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

December 15, 2002, Sunday

President Putin met with Akhmat Kadyrov, head of the Chechen administration, and Mikhail Babich, the Chechen Prime Minister December 15, 2002, 17:55 The Kremlin, Moscow

December 12, 2002, Thursday

The Kremlin held a reception devoted to Constitution Day December 12, 2002, 12:30 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law “On introducing additions to Article 3 of the Russian Federation Law 'On the Languages of the Russian Federation'.” December 12, 2002, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On Approving the Resolution on Holding a Referendum in the Chechen Republic on the Constitution of the Chechen Republic and Bills of the Chechen Republic 'On Election of the President of the Chechen Republic' and 'On Elections to Parliament of the Chechen Republic'.” December 12, 2002, 00:00

December 11, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to the participants at the Congress of Peoples of the Chechen Republic held in Gudermes December 11, 2002, 00:00

December 10, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Syrian President Bashar Assad December 10, 2002, 21:50

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with the Members of the Presidential Human Rights Commission December 10, 2002, 16:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin attended the awards ceremony of the 3rd All-Russia competition, The Russian Organisation of High Social Effectiveness December 10, 2002, 12:00 Moscow

December 9, 2002, Monday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with French President Jacques Chirac December 9, 2002, 21:00

President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma attended the closing gala of the Year of Ukraine in Russia December 9, 2002, 20:00 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin submitted the Russia-US Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions to the State Duma for ratification December 9, 2002, 17:15

"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."