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August 23, 2000, Wednesday

RTR television interviewed President Vladimir Putin on the Kursk nuclear submarine tragedy August 23, 2000, 20:10

Vladimir Putin met with Igor Spassky, Fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences August 23, 2000, 19:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Ivanov August 23, 2000, 18:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko August 23, 2000, 17:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin met with relatives of the sailors from the Kursk nuclear submarine August 23, 2000, 03:00 Vidyayevo, Murmansk Region

August 22, 2000, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin declared August 23 a national day of mourning for the submarine Kursk August 22, 2000, 09:40

August 21, 2000, Monday

President Putin held meetings with the Cabinet August 21, 2000, 11:35 The Kremlin, Moscow.

August 20, 2000, Sunday

Vladimir Putin met with hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church August 20, 2000, 17:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin met with Igor Spassky, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director general of the Rubin central naval technical design bureau August 20, 2000, 15:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 19, 2000, Saturday

Vladimir Putin met with members of the Cabinet and heads of security-related agencies to discuss the operation to rescue the crew of the Kursk nuclear-powered submarine August 19, 2000, 15:10 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 18, 2000, Friday

President Vladimir Putin attended an informal meeting of CIS heads of state, which discussed many aspects of multi-lateral relations August 18, 2000, 22:00 Foros

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma August 18, 2000, 19:00 Foros

President Vladimir Putin had a separate meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev August 18, 2000, 18:00 Mukhalatka Residence, The Crimea

President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov August 18, 2000, 17:00 Mukhalatka Residence, The Crimea

President Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks with Georgian, Moldovan and Belarusian Presidents August 18, 2000, 16:30 Mukhalatka Residence, The Crimea

President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to journalists on his arrival in the Crimea for the CIS summit August 18, 2000, 15:15 Yalta

President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Latvian leaders in connection with explosions in Riga August 18, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin wished US President Bill Clinton a happy birthday August 18, 2000, 00:00

August 17, 2000, Thursday

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with British Prime Minister Tony Blair August 17, 2000, 18:40

President Vladimir Putin met with Akhmad Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic's Provisional Administration August 17, 2000, 16:30 Sochi

"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."