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President Vladimir Putin ordered the Foreign Ministry, the Federal Security Service and other involved Russian agencies to coordinate efforts with their Turkish counterparts for Istanbul hostage rescue April 23, 2001, 12:10

April 22, 2001, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin met with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov April 22, 2001, 22:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

April 20, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin sent a 2002 budget policy statement to the Prime Minister and the Speakers of the bicameral Federal Assembly April 20, 2001, 14:45

April 19, 2001, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the financing of servicemen in the Chechen Republic April 19, 2001, 18:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin submitted a draft federal law on the management of state pension insurance funds for examination to the State Duma April 19, 2001, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent President Vaire Vike-Freiberga of Latvia a reply to her messages of March 6 and March 21 following their meeting in Austria in February April 19, 2001, 00:00

April 18, 2001, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan April 18, 2001, 13:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 17, 2001, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Konstantin Totsky, Director of the Federal Border Service April 17, 2001, 19:20 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin chaired a pension reform meeting in the Kremlin April 17, 2001, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 16, 2001, Monday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President Heidar Aliyev of Azerbaijan April 16, 2001, 21:30

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Oleg Dobrodeyev, head of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) April 16, 2001, 18:30 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa April 16, 2001, 17:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the payment of money allowances, including the so-called combat wages, to servicemen in the Chechen Republic April 16, 2001, 16:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held negotiations with President Vladimir Voronin of Moldova April 16, 2001, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin attended an expanded joint board meeting of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Taxes and Levies April 16, 2001, 12:05 Moscow

April 14, 2001, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin returned from Chechnya April 14, 2001, 21:50 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spent one day in Chechnya April 14, 2001, 20:00

April 13, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin met with representatives of high-tech companies April 13, 2001, 18:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Property Relations Minister Farit Gazizullin April 13, 2001, 14:35 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin submitted several military-cooperation agreements between Russia and CIS countries to the State Duma for ratification April 13, 2001, 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."