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The Black Sea gives Russia direct access to the world's major transport routes, including its economic routes, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on military and diplomatic matters at the Yeisk branch of the Gagarin Air Force Academy September 17, 2003, 11:05

September 16, 2003, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of the Novorossiisk transport hub September 16, 2003, 21:20 Novorossiisk

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters September 16, 2003, 20:30 Novorossiisk

President Vladimir Putin discussed the development of the Novorossiisk transport hub and the liquidation of the damage caused by the natural disasters that occurred in the Krasnodar Krai last year at a meeting in Novorossiisk September 16, 2003, 20:12

President Vladimir Putin visited the Novorossiisk port September 16, 2003, 18:00 Novorossiisk

President Vladimir Putin visited the Orlyonok National Children’s Centre on the Black Sea coast near the city of Tuapse September 16, 2003, 17:38

President Vladimir Putin visited the Orlyonok children's center September 16, 2003, 14:00 Tuapse

September 15, 2003, Monday

President Vladimir Putin met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko September 15, 2003, 21:30 Bocharov Ruchei, Sochi

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev September 15, 2003, 20:20 Bocharov Ruchei, Sochi

President Vladimir Putin met with Krasnodar Region Governor Alexander Tkachev, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and Sochi Mayor Leonid Mostovoi September 15, 2003, 20:00 Bocharov Ruchei, Sochi

Russia is ready and willing to sign a single currency agreement with Belarus right away, President Vladimir Putin said at a joint press conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko September 15, 2003, 11:19

September 14, 2003, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin met with former US President George Bush senior and his spouse, Barbara September 14, 2003, 20:00 Sochi

President Vladimir Putin received former U.S. President George Bush senior and his wife, Barbara Bush, at his Sochi residence, Bocharov Ruchei September 14, 2003, 17:02

September 12, 2003, Friday

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with French President Jacques Chirac September 12, 2003, 20:40

The Russian president sent North Korean leader Kim Jong-il a message of greetings on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Korean People's Democratic Republic September 12, 2003, 00:00

September 11, 2003, Thursday

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with President of the Chechen Republic Akhmat Kadyrov September 11, 2003, 20:00 Bocharov Ruchei Residence, Sochi

September 10, 2003, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin and Konstantin Totsky, the Russian ambassador to NATO, discussed the implementation of the Rome Declaration and the work of the NATO-Russia Council September 10, 2003, 21:10 Bocharov Ruchei, Sochi

The Russian President has appointed a new commander of the air-force troops, lieutenant-general Alexander Kolmakov, who was previously the deputy commander of the troops of the Far-eastern military district September 10, 2003, 17:50

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev, who had won the Golden Lion and the Best Debut award at the Venice Film Festival September 10, 2003, 00:00

September 8, 2003, Monday

President Vladimir Putin congratulated People’s Poet of Dagestan Rasul Gamzatov on the occasion of his eightieth birthday and awarded him the order of Saint Andrew the First-Called September 8, 2003, 20:30

"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."