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President Vladimir Putin watched the strategic command post exercise from aboard the strategic missile submarine Arkhangelsk February 17, 2004, 17:20 The Barents Sea

Wide-scale training is underway in the Barents Sea as part of strategic command personnel training. President Vladimir Putin went on board the strategic submarine rocket cruiser Arkhangelsk to observe training February 17, 2004, 15:54

February 16, 2004, Monday

President Vladimir Putin went to sea on board the missile submarine cruiser Arkhangelsk February 16, 2004, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin sent Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas a message of congratulations on Lithuania's Independence Day February 16, 2004, 16:45

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolence to the friends and relatives of Moscow water park accident victims February 16, 2004, 14:50

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad February 16, 2004, 14:00

President Vladimir Putin submitted the Agreement on the Establishment of the Common Economic Space, signed in Yalta on September 19, 2003, to the State Duma for ratification February 16, 2004, 09:40

President Vladimir Putin submitted the Russian-Ukrainian Treaty on the Joint Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, signed in Kerch on December 24, 2003, to the State Duma for ratification February 16, 2004, 09:30

President Vladimir Putin submitted the Russian-Ukrainian Treaty on the Russian-Ukrainian State Border, signed in Kiev on January 28, 2003, to the State Duma for ratification February 16, 2004, 09:20

February 15, 2004, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin attended a ceremony on Memory Day of Soldier-Internationalist February 15, 2004, 19:00 Moscow

February 14, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin met with Austrian President Thomas Klestil at Novo-Ogaryovo February 14, 2004, 17:45 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with US President George W. Bush February 14, 2004, 17:15

Russia hopes for Austria’s support on a number of aspects of European cooperation, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Austrian President Thomas Klestil February 14, 2004, 15:39

February 13, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev February 13, 2004, 15:40

President Vladimir Putin met with Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu February 13, 2004, 14:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Rosoboronexport General Director Andrei Belyaninov February 13, 2004, 12:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

February 12, 2004, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin met with German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer February 12, 2004, 18:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin held a meeting with his campaign activists February 12, 2004, 17:30 Moscow State University

February 11, 2004, Wednesday

Georgia is an important partner for Russia, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting in the Kremlin with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili February 11, 2004, 20:18

President Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov February 11, 2004, 19:00 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."