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At a meeting with the leadership of the State Duma, President Vladimir Putin called on the leadership to take into account the positive experience of deputies of the last Duma, to do everything to keep within the time limits determined by the law, and to reduce the influence of lobbyists to a minimum February 21, 2004, 18:33

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to participants in the gala gathering to mark the 10th anniversary of the State Duma February 21, 2004, 17:30

President Vladimir Putin congratulated the State Duma deputies on the 10th anniversary of Russian parliamentarianism February 21, 2004, 16:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

February 20, 2004, Friday

Semyon Vainshtok, the head of Transneft Company informed President Vladimir Putin that the second section of the Baltic Pipeline System, which can transport 42 million tons of oil a year, has been completed February 20, 2004, 19:49

President Vladimir Putin met with Semyon Vainshtok, CEO of Transneft, who told him about the completion of the second leg of the Baltic oil pipeline system February 20, 2004, 14:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

Viktor Cherkesov, Chairman of the State Committee for the Control of the Circulation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances, told President Vladimir Putin about the results of the Kabul conference on the drug threat February 20, 2004, 13:40 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin submitted the federal constitutional bill on the establishment of a new constituent entity through the amalgamation of the Perm Region and the Komi-Permyatsky Region to the State Duma for urgent consideration February 20, 2004, 12:40

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian Buddhists on the Sagaalgan festival February 20, 2004, 11:20

February 19, 2004, Thursday

The time has come to stop making a political fuss over the events in Afghanistan, President Vladimir Putin announced at a meeting with international fighters February 19, 2004, 18:56

President Vladimir Putin met with former army officers and soldiers who served in Afghanistan February 19, 2004, 14:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to President Seyed Mohammad Khatami over a train crash that took many lives February 19, 2004, 11:30

February 18, 2004, Wednesday

Russia has reliably ensured its strategic security in the long-term perspective, President Vladimir Putin said at the Plesetsk space launch centre. Russia will continue to be a nuclear power and this is a fact that other countries will have to take into account February 18, 2004, 20:28

President Vladimir Putin visited the Plesetsk space launch centre and watched the launch of a Molnia rocket that placed a Cosmos-series military satellite in orbit February 18, 2004, 17:29

In the near future, Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will receive the latest technical systems unmatched anywhere in the world, President Vladimir Putin told a news conference in Plesetsk February 18, 2004, 15:40 Arkhangelsk Region

President Vladimir Putin visited a vehicle assembly building February 18, 2004, 12:40 The Plesetsk Space Centre

President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at a monument to the engineers who died during a test rocket launch. The memorial was built after the worst accident at the space centre, the explosion of a Vostok rocket on March 18, 1980 February 18, 2004, 11:20 The Plesetsk Space Centre

President Vladimir Putin watched a Molniya rocket blast off at the Plesetsk Space Centre February 18, 2004, 10:30 Arkhangelsk Region

February 17, 2004, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting at the Northern Fleet Headquarters February 17, 2004, 20:10 Severomorsk

President Vladimir Putin watched the strategic command post exercise from aboard the strategic missile submarine Arkhangelsk February 17, 2004, 17:20 The Barents Sea

Wide-scale training is underway in the Barents Sea as part of strategic command personnel training. President Vladimir Putin went on board the strategic submarine rocket cruiser Arkhangelsk to observe training February 17, 2004, 15:54

Plenary session of St Petersburg International Economic Forum