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Acting President Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to delegates at the conference “Russia 2000: A New Reality” in London April 19, 2000, 00:00

April 18, 2000, Tuesday

Acting President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma visited Sevastopol April 18, 2000, 19:15 Crimea

Acting President Vladimir Putin met Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma April 18, 2000, 13:40 Kiev

April 17, 2000, Monday

Vladimir Putin met with HM Queen Elizabeth II April 17, 2000, 21:10 London

Acting President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the monument to Soviet soldiers and civilians killed in World War II April 17, 2000, 19:20 London

Acting President Vladimir Putin met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street April 17, 2000, 18:40 London

Vladimir Putin met with top executives of Britain's largest companies April 17, 2000, 14:30 London

April 16, 2000, Sunday

Acting President Vladimir Putin held talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko April 16, 2000, 18:30 Minsk

Before his flight to Minsk, Acting President Vladimir Putin met with First Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov at Vnukovo-2 Airport April 16, 2000, 14:20

April 15, 2000, Saturday

Acting President Vladimir Putin talked by telephone with US President Bill Clinton April 15, 2000, 23:50

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

"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."