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Vladimir Putin sent a message of greeting to an international parliamentary conference in St Petersburg dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Victory in World War II April 15, 2005, 00:00

April 14, 2005, Thursday

Vladimir Putin met with Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko April 14, 2005, 13:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

The President awarded the Order of Friendship to Kari Laine, the Secretary-General of the Art Council of Lapland (Finland) for his great contribution to developing friendly Russian-Finnish relations April 14, 2005, 00:00

April 13, 2005, Wednesday

The state will keep track of the progress of reforms of local self-administration, efficiently responding to alarm signals, which of course cannot be ruled out in such large-scale work April 13, 2005, 20:34

The President met with Minister for Natural Resource Yury Trutnev April 13, 2005, 17:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to President of the Republic of Iraq Jalal Hisameddin Ibrahim Talabani on his election as President of the Republic April 13, 2005, 16:45

Vladimir Putin took part in a meeting of the Council of Legislators April 13, 2005, 14:30 Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow

April 12, 2005, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on providing assistance to Krasnoyarsk Region and the Evenk and Taimyr Autonomous Districts, which plan to merge to form a single region April 12, 2005, 15:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the government April 12, 2005, 13:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Valentina Kanarskaya, the only Great Patriotic War veteran living in Columbia, received a personal message of congratulations from President Putin April 12, 2005, 11:30

April 11, 2005, Monday

The decision for Russia to pay back the entire Soviet debt was a mistake, but it will not be reconsidered April 11, 2005, 19:10

The Russian President and the German Federal Chancellor visited memorial graves of Soviet prisoners of war in the centre of Hannover April 11, 2005, 15:00 Hannover

A joint press-conference was held between Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder April 11, 2005, 14:00 Hannover

Vladimir Putin and German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder signed a Joint declaration on strategic partnership in the areas of education, scientific research and innovation April 11, 2005, 13:50 Hannover

Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder opened the Russian-German Economy Day April 11, 2005, 13:30 Hannover

Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder opened the Russian exhibition at the international Hannover trade fair April 11, 2005, 11:20 Hannover

April 10, 2005, Sunday

Vladimir Putin and German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met with media heads of Russia and Germany April 10, 2005, 22:30 Hannover

In Russia, preparations are underway for the privatisation of around 3,500 joint-stock companies and 8,000 state enterprises April 10, 2005, 21:23

Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder opened the Hannover Fair 2005 April 10, 2005, 20:30 Hannover

Vladimir Putin arrived in Hannover for a two-day working visit April 10, 2005, 19:10 Hannover

"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."