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Acting President Vladimir Putin held a news conference April 15, 2000, 14:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 14, 2000, Friday

Vladimir Putin took part in the State Duma meeting that examined the ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-2) between Russia and the US and documents relating to the May 26, 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the USSR and the US April 14, 2000, 16:00 The State Duma, Moscow

April 13, 2000, Thursday

Vladimir Putin made a statement on human rights violations during the counter-terrorist operation in Russia's North Caucasus region April 13, 2000, 17:30

Vladimir Putin met with Austrian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Benita Ferrero-Waldner April 13, 2000, 16:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin chaired a government meeting April 13, 2000, 11:00 Moscow

Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, which was passed by the 52nd UN General Assembly on December 15, 1997, to the State Duma for ratification April 13, 2000, 00:00

April 12, 2000, Wednesday

Vladimir Putin met with Belarusian Prime Minister Vladimir Yermoshin, who is on his first official visit to Russia April 12, 2000, 18:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski April 12, 2000, 18:00

Vladimir Putin met with the leaders of the Russian space industry and cosmonauts April 12, 2000, 11:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin considered and granted a request for Russian citizenship by Vasily Makarovich Kononov, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 who was being persecuted in Latvia April 12, 2000, 00:00

Acting President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants in the South-South summit meeting in Havana, Cuba April 12, 2000, 00:00

April 11, 2000, Tuesday

Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Eduard Shevardnadze on his election to a second term as president of Georgia April 11, 2000, 20:00

State Science and Technology Prizes for 1999 were awarded in the Kremlin April 11, 2000, 14:40 Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow

Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to delegates at the ASEAN business summit and the Russia-ASEAN business forum in Kuala Lumpur April 11, 2000, 00:00

April 10, 2000, Monday

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the Security Council April 10, 2000, 16:30 Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori April 10, 2000, 14:50

Acting President Vladimir Putin signed a series of federal laws on the ratification of international documents April 10, 2000, 00:00

April 8, 2000, Saturday

Acting President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia April 8, 2000, 18:30

Acting President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan April 8, 2000, 17:50

Acting President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with French President Jacques Chirac April 8, 2000, 14:30

"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."