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President Vladimir Putin, in a letter to State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov, notes that pending before the Duma are a number of amendments to tax legislation that are part of a large-scale tax reform May 23, 2000, 00:00

May 22, 2000, Monday

President Vladimir Putin introduced Viktor Cherkesov, Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the North-West Federal District, to the governors and legislative speakers of the North-West Federal District May 22, 2000, 18:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin presented a personal standard to Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Sergei Shoigu May 22, 2000, 16:40 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin attended a General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences May 22, 2000, 13:00 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Government members May 22, 2000, 11:10 The Kremlin, Moscow

In his message to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence that the upcoming UN Millennium Summit, slated for September 2000, would result in major political decisions that would enhance the pivotal role of the UN in international affairs May 22, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin submitted the draft federal bill “On Removing Reservations to the June 17, 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare” to the State Duma May 22, 2000, 00:00

May 21, 2000, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin ordered a special investigative team to be sent to Vladikavkaz May 21, 2000, 20:00

May 20, 2000, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila congratulated British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie on the birth of their son May 20, 2000, 18:00

President Putin issued a decree appointing Sergei Lebedev Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service May 20, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed decrees appointing a Minister of Agriculture and a Minister of Energy May 20, 2000, 00:00

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

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