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By presidential decree, President Vladimir Putin appointed Igor Shchegolev Chief of the Presidential Protocol, dismissing him from his previous post December 29, 2001, 00:00

December 28, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin watched “Vladimir Vysotsky (A Poetic Performance)” at the Moscow Taganka Theatre December 28, 2001, 20:15 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Audit Chamber officials December 28, 2001, 18:20 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma December 28, 2001, 13:30

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on establishing regional pardons commissions and a statute on the procedure for reviewing pardon appeals December 28, 2001, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin wished the leaders and Prime Ministers of over 150 countries a merry Christmas and a happy New Year December 28, 2001, 00:00

December 27, 2001, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony of a new port in Primorsk December 27, 2001, 15:45 Primorsk, The Leningrad Region

December 26, 2001, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with US President George Bush December 26, 2001, 22:50

President Vladimir Putin chaired a session of the Security Council on state support for the export of military goods December 26, 2001, 17:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

A session of the Supreme State Council of the Russia-Belarus Union State was held in the Kremlin December 26, 2001, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

December 25, 2001, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani December 25, 2001, 13:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin addressed an expanded board meeting of the Interior Ministry December 25, 2001, 12:00 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin wished Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee a happy 75th birthday December 25, 2001, 00:00

December 24, 2001, Monday

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with French President Jacques Chirac December 24, 2001, 17:30

For two hours and 20 minutes Vladimir Putin answered questions in a live question-and-answer session broadcast by the ORT and RTR TV channels December 24, 2001, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

On December 21, 2001, Vladimir Putin sent a message congratulating Askar Akayev, the President of Kyrgyzstan, on the official ceremony (to be held in Bishkek on December 24) of making into law the amendment to the Republic's Constitution on according to Russian the status of an official language in the republic December 24, 2001, 00:00

December 22, 2001, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Tony Blair continued their informal talks at the British Prime Minister's country residence December 22, 2001, 12:30 Chequers

December 21, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Tony Blair held a joint news conference December 21, 2001, 21:30 Halton

President Vladimir Putin met with heads of major British companies December 21, 2001, 19:30 Chequers

President Vladimir Putin visited Tony Blair at his country residence December 21, 2001, 18:00 Chequers

"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."