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President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath to the monument to the Soviet liberator soldier in Treptow Park June 16, 2000, 12:00 Berlin

June 15, 2000, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder continued to negotiate at a working dinner June 15, 2000, 23:00 Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met the CEOs of Wintershall, Ruhrgas and Siemens June 15, 2000, 22:00 Hotel Palace, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl June 15, 2000, 20:30 Hotel Palace, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met representatives of German political and business circles June 15, 2000, 20:00 The German Economy House, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met German President Johannes Rau June 15, 2000, 18:00 Bellevue Castle, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union June 15, 2000, 16:30 The Russian Embassy, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin Met Bavarian Minister-President and Leader of the Christian Social Union Edmund Stoiber June 15, 2000, 15:40 The Russian Embassy, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met Bundestag Speaker Wolfgang Thierse June 15, 2000, 15:00 The Russian Embassy, Berlin

Russian-German intergovernmental consultations opened with talks between President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder June 15, 2000, 14:00 Berlin

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with French President Jacques Chirac June 15, 2000, 12:00

June 14, 2000, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar held the second round of their talks in Moncloa Palace June 14, 2000, 20:30 Madrid

President Vladimir Putin met the leaders of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Parliament June 14, 2000, 13:30 Madrid

President Vladimir Putin met with members of the Spanish business community June 14, 2000, 12:30 Madrid

June 13, 2000, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with King Juan Carlos I of Spain in the Oriente Palace June 13, 2000, 23:00 Madrid

President Vladimir Putin answered questions of reporters June 13, 2000, 21:15 Madrid

President Vladimir Putin met with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar June 13, 2000, 21:00 Madrid

President Vladimir Putin met with US Defence Secretary William S. Cohen, who arrived in Russia at the invitation of Russian Defence Minister Igor Sergeyev June 13, 2000, 11:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law “On Ratification of Convention Between the Government of the Kingdom of Spain and the Government of the Russian Federation on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Income and Capital Tax Evasion”, which was passed by the State Duma on May 24, 2000 and approved by the Federation Council on June 7, 2000 June 13, 2000, 00:00

June 12, 2000, Monday

President Vladimir Putin met Brice Fleutiaux, the French photojournalist freed by Russian security forces from Chechen captivity June 12, 2000, 22:00 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."