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May 19, 2000, Friday

President Vladimir Putin was awarded an honorary doctorate in law from Makhtumkuli Turkmen State University May 19, 2000, 21:00 Ashgabat

President Vladimir Putin and Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov gave a joint news conference May 19, 2000, 20:00 Ashgabat

Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkmenistan May 19, 2000, 19:30 Ashgabat

President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Islam Karimov continued their talks May 19, 2000, 13:30 Tashkent

May 18, 2000, Thursday

Vladimir Putin arrived in Uzbekistan May 18, 2000, 19:00 Tashkent

President Vladimir Putin introduced the newly-appointed Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov to his staff and gave him an ID card in the presence of Federation Council Speaker Yegor Stroyev May 18, 2000, 13:00 The Prosecutor-General’S Office, Moscow

Vladimir Putin met United States National Security Adviser Samuel Berger May 18, 2000, 12:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the Structure of Federal Executive Agencies” May 18, 2000, 00:00

Vladimir Putin signed decrees appointing Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoys to the federal districts May 18, 2000, 00:00

Vladimir Putin sent a message wishing Pope John Paul II a happy 80th birthday May 18, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin submitted a draft resolution “On Sending a Russian Troop Contingent to Join the UN Peacekeeping Operation in Sierra Leone” May 18, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov on submitting the Treaty on Furthering All-Round Military and Military-Technical Cooperation Between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Uzbekistan (signed on December 11, 1999 in Tashkent) for further ratification May 18, 2000, 00:00

Vladimir Putin replied to the heads of state who had congratulated him on his inauguration as President of Russia May 18, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed decrees appointing several ministers and department heads May 18, 2000, 00:00

May 17, 2000, Wednesday

Vladimir Putin gave a televised address to the nation May 17, 2000, 21:05 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov May 17, 2000, 20:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

The President and members of the Federation Council discussed the state structure of Russia following the division of the country into federal districts May 17, 2000, 19:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Mikhail Kasyanov Prime Minister of Russia May 17, 2000, 16:00

Pavel Krasheninnikov, chairman of the Russian Human Rights Commission for the North Caucasus and head of the parliamentary committee on legislation, presented President Vladimir Putin with a package of proposals for overcoming the Chechen crisis May 17, 2000, 15:00 Moscow

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants and guests at the international conference on the historical importance of defeating Nazism in light of modern realities May 17, 2000, 00:00

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