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April 29, 2004, Thursday

The task of the state is, together with the necessary forms of state support of northern territories, to find decisions based on effective market mechanisms and which make it possible to reveal the potential and competitive advantages of the Russian North, said President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of representatives of northern territories April 29, 2004, 20:14

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez April 29, 2004, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin took part in an assembly of representatives of Russia's northern regions April 29, 2004, 14:30 Salekhard

President Vladimir Putin visited the primary school and kindergarten in Gornoknyazevsk April 29, 2004, 11:40 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area

April 28, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin called for a competent, long-term policy for the country’s northern territories at a meeting of the State Council Presidium on social and economic problems in the northern regions April 28, 2004, 21:17

The structure of the economy of the Russian North needs modernisation and diversification, the President told a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council held in Salekhard April 28, 2004, 17:00 Salekhard

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to South African President Tabo Mbeki congratulating him on being reelected as President and on the tenth anniversary of the establishment of democracy in the Republic of South Africa, Freedom Day April 28, 2004, 14:30

April 27, 2004, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov April 27, 2004, 17:50

The space industry should develop swiftly, and become a tool for solving many important tasks, such as strengthening the common information space of Russia, and developing telecommunications and navigation systems, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with heads of the Russian space rocket industry April 27, 2004, 16:45

President Vladimir Putin met with executives of the Russian aerospace industry April 27, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 26, 2004, Monday

Tax and pension reform decisions must be made rapidly, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the government April 26, 2004, 21:20

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with US President George Bush initiated by the Russian side April 26, 2004, 17:50

President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law ratifying the UN convention against transnational organised crime and the related protocol against smuggling migrants over land, by sea and air and a protocol on preventing and stopping human trafficking, especially women and children and the punishment for such trade April 26, 2004, 14:50

President Vladimir Putin met with Cabinet members April 26, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent his conclusions regarding the draft Federal Law On Assemblies, Rallies, Demonstrations, Processions and Picketing passed by the Duma on first reading on March 31, 2004 to the State Duma April 26, 2004, 09:00

April 24, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the DPRK Kim Chong Il in connection with the disaster at the Ryongchon Railway Station April 24, 2004, 11:30

April 23, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on becoming the Spanish Prime Minister April 23, 2004, 20:20

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Ivan Gasparovic on being elected President of Slovakia April 23, 2004, 20:15

The Russian-Ukrainian treaties on the state border and on cooperation in the Sea of Azov-Kerch Straits marine territory will strengthen the partnership between the two countries and help develop political dialogue and business and cultural cooperation, President Vladimir Putin said during a working visit to Ukraine April 23, 2004, 18:19

President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma attended a Russian-Ukrainian inter-parliamentary conference April 23, 2004, 15:40 Alushta

"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."