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January 24, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Indian President Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Republic Day January 24, 2004, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin had a talk with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma before leaving Kiev January 24, 2004, 17:00

Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma visited the Kiev Cave Monastery and met with Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchs January 24, 2004, 14:00 Kiev

January 23, 2004, Friday

Work on setting up a gas transport consortium (GTC) is making good progress, President Vladimir Putin said following talks with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma January 23, 2004, 21:22

Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma attended the closing ceremony for the Year of Russia in Ukraine at the Ukraine Palace January 23, 2004, 20:00 Kiev

Kiev hosted high-level Russian-Ukrainian talks January 23, 2004, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin presented state awards to several Ukrainian citizens for their contribution to the development of Russian-Ukrainian friendship and cooperation January 23, 2004, 18:30 Mariinsky Palace, Kiev

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The conversation took place on Belarus' initiative January 23, 2004, 17:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to the readers of the Dialogue magazine, whose latest issue was dedicated to the Year of Russia in Ukraine January 23, 2004, 11:15

January 22, 2004, Thursday

Responding to new challenges, international problems and threats is possible only with collective work and cooperation between countries, said President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a ceremony for awarding letters of credential January 22, 2004, 18:29

President Vladimir Putin talked on the phone with British Prime Minister Tony Blair January 22, 2004, 17:00

President Vladimir Putin gave two icons recently returned to Russia to Alexii II, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia January 22, 2004, 16:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin received credentials from Ambassadors of several foreign countries January 22, 2004, 15:00

January 21, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree relieving Dmitry Rogozin of his duties as the Russian president's special envoy negotiating the problems of Russia's Kaliningrad Region in light of EU expansion in the Baltics January 21, 2004, 22:30

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree relieving Abdul-Khakim Sultygov of his duties as the Russian President's special human rights envoy to the Chechen Republic January 21, 2004, 22:15

January 20, 2004, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration January 20, 2004, 20:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin received World Bank President James Wolfensohn at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow January 20, 2004, 15:30

Russia's first priority is the preparation of a new stage of reform, directed towards a significant increase in economic growth, the war on poverty and improvement of the social infrastructure, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the President of the World Bank James Wolfenssohn January 20, 2004, 12:32

January 19, 2004, Monday

Computers cannot take the place of books for children, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes. He said this at the opening of the internet site ”The Russian President for school-age citizens“ January 19, 2004, 20:30

President Vladimir Putin opened the website “The President to School Age Citizens.” January 19, 2004, 14:00 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."