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President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier May 8, 2006, 10:15 Alexandrovsky Garden, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent the CIS leaders a telegram of congratulations on the occasion of the sixty-first anniversary of victory in World War II.President Vladimir Putin sent the CIS leaders a telegram of congratulations on the occasion of the sixty-first anniversary of victory in World War II May 8, 2006, 00:00

May 7, 2006, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel May 7, 2006, 18:45

President Vladimir Putin presented the Presidential Regiment with a new military banner May 7, 2006, 15:25

President Vladimir Putin took part in a ceremonial review to celebrate the Presidential Regiment's 70th anniversary May 7, 2006, 13:30 Ivanovskaya Square, The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin expressed profound and sincere condolences to the family of outstanding football player and trainer Konstantin Beskov, who passed away yesterday May 7, 2006, 00:00

May 5, 2006, Friday

President Vladimir Putin met with President of Chechnya Alu Alkhanov and Prime Minister of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov May 5, 2006, 17:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Russia is marking a day of mourning for the victims of the plane crash that took place not far from Sochi on May 3, 2006 May 5, 2006, 15:21

President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law on ratifying the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States on the conditions for the presence of the CIS Anti-Terrorism Centre on Russian territory May 5, 2006, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin congratulated the players and management of professional basketball club CSKA on winning the ULEB Euroleague Cup May 5, 2006, 00:00

May 4, 2006, Thursday

The President had a working meeting with the General Prosecutor of Russia, Vladimir Ustinov May 4, 2006, 14:25 Novo-Ogaryovo

The President signed the federal law “On the Modification of the Federal Laws “On Banks and their Activities” and “On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia).”” May 4, 2006, 00:00

May 3, 2006, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to President of Armenia Robert Kocharian following the crash of an Armenian plane over the Black Sea causing numerous victims May 3, 2006, 00:00

May 2, 2006, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Government Cabinet May 2, 2006, 13:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin appointed Valery Kenyaikin as chairman of the State Commission for drafting a Treaty of Friendship, Good-neighbourliness, Cooperation and Mutual Security between Russia and Georgia May 2, 2006, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed an instruction inviting the members of the senior executive, legislative and judicial bodies of power at the Kremlin to listen to the President's Address to the Federal Assembly May 2, 2006, 00:00

May 1, 2006, Monday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with U.S. President George W. Bush May 1, 2006, 17:00

April 28, 2006, Friday

President Vladimir Putin met with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko April 28, 2006, 16:20 Konstantin Palace, St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Armenia Robert Kocharian April 28, 2006, 16:00

April 27, 2006, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin took part in a reception at the Tauride Palace to mark the 100th anniversary of Russian parliamentarianism April 27, 2006, 22:40 St Petersburg

"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."