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President Vladimir Putin received the leaders of four Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries in the Kremlin May 28, 2003, 19:35 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov on Bulgaria’s initiative May 28, 2003, 15:45

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with the leadership of the Chechen Republic May 28, 2003, 13:40 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to the builders and restorers of the Constantine Palace May 28, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev a telegram on the occasion of a national holiday — Republic Day May 28, 2003, 00:00

May 27, 2003, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin sent messages to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in connection with a plane crash May 27, 2003, 23:20

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao are united in the opinion that whatever changes take place in the world, the deepening of good neighbourly relations, friendship, mutually beneficial co-operation, partnership and strategic interaction between Russia and China will remain a priority and strategic tendency for the foreign policies of the two countries May 27, 2003, 21:42

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao May 27, 2003, 16:00 Moscow

On the day of the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg, President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to the local media May 27, 2003, 08:15

President Vladimir Putin signed federal laws “On the Ratification of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation” and “On the Ratification of the Agreement on the Legal Status of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation” May 27, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin wished former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger a happy birthday May 27, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syrian President Bashar Asad May 27, 2003, 00:00

May 26, 2003, Monday

President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, met with Chinese President Hu Jintao and his wife, Liu Yongqing May 26, 2003, 19:15

President Vladimir Putin replied to a message from Moroccan King Mohammed VI May 26, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on Independence Day May 26, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin appointed Eleonora Mitrofanova First Deputy Foreign Minister May 26, 2003, 00:00

May 25, 2003, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin wished Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin a happy birthday May 25, 2003, 09:50

President Putin congratulated African heads of state and government on Africa Day May 25, 2003, 00:00

May 24, 2003, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin received a legendary singer and former Beatle, Paul McCartney, and his wife, Heather Mills May 24, 2003, 22:20 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev May 24, 2003, 14:35

"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."