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July 31, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Konstantin Totsky, the Director of Russia's Federal Border Service July 31, 2002, 14:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

July 30, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Dmitry Rogozin, chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs and special presidential envoy to the Kaliningrad Region July 30, 2002, 11:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

July 29, 2002, Monday

President Vladimir Putin met with military officers on the occasion of their promotion in rank and office July 29, 2002, 17:55 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin forwarded a congratulatory message to the Indian president-elect, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam July 29, 2002, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin forwarded a message to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo July 29, 2002, 00:00

July 28, 2002, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to North Korean National Defence Commission Chairman Kim Jong-Il July 28, 2002, 00:00

July 26, 2002, Friday

Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov reported to President Vladimir Putin on the completion of the investigation into the causes of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster July 26, 2002, 13:40 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung July 26, 2002, 00:00

July 25, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin met with Tatyana Sapunova, who was wounded as a result of anti-Semitic provocation two months earlier July 25, 2002, 14:25 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin received credentials from the ambassadors of Australia, Armenia, Malta, Moldova, Tanzania, Turkey and Ethiopia July 25, 2002, 12:45 The Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed the Code of Arbitration Procedure and the Federal Law on Courts of Private Arbitration July 25, 2002, 00:00

July 24, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Alexii II, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia July 24, 2002, 14:05 Novo-Ogaryovo

July 23, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin discussed ways of improving the fight against terrorism with Federal Security Service Director Nikolai Patrushev July 23, 2002, 13:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law “On Ratification of the European Framework Convention of Transborder Cooperation of Territorial Communities and Authorities”, passed by the State Duma on June 19, 2002 and approved by the Federation Council on July 10, 2002 July 23, 2002, 00:00

July 22, 2002, Monday

At the Palestinians' initiative, President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestinian Authority July 22, 2002, 19:55

July 20, 2002, Saturday

At breakfast, President Vladimir Putin and President Jacques Chirac continued talks started the day before July 20, 2002, 10:30 The Bocharov Ruchei Presidential Residence, Sochi

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Lyudmila Alekseyeva, a well-known human rights activist, president of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, on her birthday July 20, 2002, 00:00

July 19, 2002, Friday

Vladimir Putin had talks with French President Jacques Chirac who arrived in Russia for a two-day working visit July 19, 2002, 23:45 The Bocharov Ruchei Presidential Residence, Sochi

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel July 19, 2002, 16:20

July 18, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian July 18, 2002, 21:00

"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."