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President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of condolence to the family of Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor Alexander Lebed who was killed in a helicopter crash April 28, 2002, 00:00

April 27, 2002, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin completed his trip to Astrakhan April 27, 2002, 11:00 Astrakhan

April 26, 2002, Friday

President Vladimir Putin visited a floating drilling rig, Astra April 26, 2002, 14:20 Astrakhan

President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences on the recent earthquake in Georgia that caused major damage and casualties, in a telegram to Georgia's President Eduard Shevardnadze April 26, 2002, 11:00

April 25, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin held a news conference on the results of a meeting on the problems of the Caspian region April 25, 2002, 21:00 Astrakhan

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting to discuss problems of the Caspian region April 25, 2002, 19:00 Astrakhan

President Vladimir Putin visited one of Astrakhan's fishing companies April 25, 2002, 15:00

President Vladimir Putin visited a Caspian Flotilla brigade of warships April 25, 2002, 13:30 Astrakhan

April 24, 2002, Wednesday

President Putin met with Azerbaijan's President Heidar Aliev April 24, 2002, 13:10 Ashgabat

President Putin highly praised the past summit of the Caspian countries' leaders April 24, 2002, 12:00 Ashgabat

President Putin met with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami April 24, 2002, 09:30 Ashgabat

April 23, 2002, Tuesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev April 23, 2002, 22:00 Ashgabat

The Presidents of Russia and Turkmenistan signed a bilateral Friendship and Cooperation Treaty April 23, 2002, 19:00 Ashgabat

The leaders of the five Caspian states discussed problems of the Caspian Sea April 23, 2002, 18:00 Ashgabat

President Vladimir Putin signed agreements with Leningrad Region Governor Valery Serdyukov and Krasnodar Territory Governor Alexander Tkachyov, terminating the previous agreements on the division of powers between federal and regional institutions of state authority April 23, 2002, 00:00

April 22, 2002, Monday

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the State Council devoted to the transfer of farmland April 22, 2002, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 19, 2002, Friday

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the State Council presidium on ownership and use of farm lands April 19, 2002, 18:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson of Iceland April 19, 2002, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent King Harald V of Norway a telegram of condolence on the death of Thor Heyerdahl April 19, 2002, 00:00

April 18, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov April 18, 2002, 20:00

"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."