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President Vladimir Putin received credentials from the ambassadors of Australia, Armenia, Malta, Moldova, Tanzania, Turkey and Ethiopia July 25, 2002, 12:45 The Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed the Code of Arbitration Procedure and the Federal Law on Courts of Private Arbitration July 25, 2002, 00:00

July 24, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Alexii II, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia July 24, 2002, 14:05 Novo-Ogaryovo

July 23, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin discussed ways of improving the fight against terrorism with Federal Security Service Director Nikolai Patrushev July 23, 2002, 13:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law “On Ratification of the European Framework Convention of Transborder Cooperation of Territorial Communities and Authorities”, passed by the State Duma on June 19, 2002 and approved by the Federation Council on July 10, 2002 July 23, 2002, 00:00

July 22, 2002, Monday

At the Palestinians' initiative, President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestinian Authority July 22, 2002, 19:55

July 20, 2002, Saturday

At breakfast, President Vladimir Putin and President Jacques Chirac continued talks started the day before July 20, 2002, 10:30 The Bocharov Ruchei Presidential Residence, Sochi

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Lyudmila Alekseyeva, a well-known human rights activist, president of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, on her birthday July 20, 2002, 00:00

July 19, 2002, Friday

Vladimir Putin had talks with French President Jacques Chirac who arrived in Russia for a two-day working visit July 19, 2002, 23:45 The Bocharov Ruchei Presidential Residence, Sochi

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel July 19, 2002, 16:20

July 18, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian July 18, 2002, 21:00

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Jiang Zemin, Chairman of the People's Republic of China, on the first anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Good-Neighbourliness and Cooperation between Russia and China July 18, 2002, 00:00

July 15, 2002, Monday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his Azeri counterpart Heydar Aliyev July 15, 2002, 20:20

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Mexican President Vicente Fox July 15, 2002, 00:00

July 14, 2002, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin sent congratulations to French President Jacques Chirac on Bastille Day July 14, 2002, 00:00

July 13, 2002, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin appointed Dmitry Rogozin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, as his special envoy to the Kaliningrad Region July 13, 2002, 00:00

July 12, 2002, Friday

President Vladimir Putin took part in an enlarged conference of heads of Russian diplomatic missions abroad July 12, 2002, 15:00 Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Moscow

July 11, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin met with the Federation Council's leadership July 11, 2002, 19:50 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law “On the Ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.” July 11, 2002, 00:00

July 10, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Edmund Stoiber, Prime Minister of Bavaria and Chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) July 10, 2002, 13:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

"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."