News ∙ President ∙ Events ∙ President of Russia

March 16, 2000, Thursday

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented plaques and diplomas to winners of the 1999 State Prize in science and technology March 16, 2000, 19:30 The State Kremlin Palace, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister met with Chairman of the Arbitration Court Veniamin Yakovlev March 16, 2000, 16:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the Head of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev March 16, 2000, 15:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented a standard to Colonel General Konstantin Totsky, Director of the Federal Border Guard Service March 16, 2000, 13:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting March 16, 2000, 10:45 The Government House, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Russian Muslims congratulating them on the religious festival Kurban Bairam March 16, 2000, 00:00

March 15, 2000, Wednesday

Acting President Vladimir Putin met with members of the Council of Muftis of Russia March 15, 2000, 19:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin took part in the work of the nation-wide conference of small businesses March 15, 2000, 17:15 Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin met with heads of administrations of eight districts of the Chechen Republic March 15, 2000, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to the US Congressmen March 15, 2000, 00:00

Acting President Vladimir Putin congratulated Jores Alferov, vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director of the Ioffe Physics and Technology Institute, and winner of the Lenin, State and Demidov prizes, on his 70th birth anniversary March 15, 2000, 00:00

March 14, 2000, Tuesday

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended a commemoration service for troops of the 104th Airborne Regiment, Pskov Airborne Division, who were killed in a counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya March 14, 2000, 19:15 Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief March 14, 2000, 17:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mikhail Kasyanov March 14, 2000, 17:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

March 13, 2000, Monday

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with German businessmen and bankers March 13, 2000, 20:00 The President Hotel, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended a meeting of the Russian Government's Advisory Council on Foreign Investment March 13, 2000, 18:00 The President Hotel, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with top law-enforcement officers March 13, 2000, 14:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin informed Deputy Prime Ministers and top law-enforcement officers about the arrest of terrorist Salman Raduyev March 13, 2000, 12:00 The Government House, Moscow

March 12, 2000, Sunday

Acting President Vladimir Putin and World Bank President James Wolfensohn continued their talks, which had started the day before, on the possibilities of further cooperation between Russia and international financial institutions March 12, 2000, 00:00 The Centre For Strategic Studies, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on the tragedy in a coal mine in the town of Krasnodon that took place on March 11, causing a number of fatalities March 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."

Transcripts, May 9, 2025