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President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had talks at the Kremlin April 20, 2004, 19:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and expressed satisfaction with the development of economic and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries April 20, 2004, 13:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing a Russian agency responsible for joint anti-terrorist activities in the CIS member states April 20, 2004, 11:50

April 19, 2004, Monday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Tony Blair April 19, 2004, 21:45

President Vladimir Putin informed the government at a meeting at the Kremlin that he had introduced to the State Duma amendments to the law ”On the Government of the Russian Federation“. The amendments concern the completion of reforms in government organisation April 19, 2004, 19:13

President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Cabinet members April 19, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 17, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero April 17, 2004, 19:30

April 16, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin and wife, Lyudmila, arrived in Hanover to celebrate Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's 60th birthday April 16, 2004, 22:40

President Vladimir Putin met with the Ukrainian President's Chief of Staff Victor Medvedchuk April 16, 2004, 15:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

April 15, 2004, Thursday

The war on terrorism was one of the topics at a meeting with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, whom Russian President Vladimir Putin received at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo April 15, 2004, 21:33

President Vladimir Putin met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov April 15, 2004, 19:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin April 15, 2004, 14:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov April 15, 2004, 14:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

April 14, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili had a telephone conversation at the request of the Georgian side April 14, 2004, 23:00

President Vladimir Putin has a telephone conversation with Armenian President Robert Kocharian April 14, 2004, 22:00

It is in the interests of both Russia and Japan to develop vigorous bilateral cooperation, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the leaders of the ”Council of Sages“, the Public Council for Developing Relations between Russia and Japan April 14, 2004, 19:12

President Vladimir Putin took part in gala event devoted to the 70th anniversary of the creation of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union April 14, 2004, 19:00 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin presented the Order of Friendship to Yoshiro Mori, former Japanese Prime Minister and co-chairman of the Russian-Japanese “Council of Wise Men” April 14, 2004, 14:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin received former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who head the Council of Wise Men, at the Kremlin April 14, 2004, 14:00 Moscow

April 13, 2004, Tuesday

The conception for reforming the budget process was discussed at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin April 13, 2004, 21:42

"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."