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December 4, 2003, Thursday

For progressive development of the transport industry, a systematic policy is required directed towards achieving a long-term, stable result, President Vladimir Putin announced at a meeting on issues of developing transport construction, held at the JSC ”Kolomensky zavod“ December 4, 2003, 20:26

December 3, 2003, Wednesday

Speaking at a Security Council meeting, President Vladimir Putin called international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction the main threats to the world December 3, 2003, 20:00

December 2, 2003, Tuesday

At a meeting with representatives of the European Business Round Table of Industrialists and the Round Table of Industrialists of Russia and the EU, President Vladimir Putin gave particular attention to the issue of Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organisation December 2, 2003, 18:26

December 1, 2003, Monday

The experiment with using Pension Fund money to provide medical cover for pensioners will continue and be extended to 40 regions, Chairman of the Pension Fund Mikhail Zurabov said at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin December 1, 2003, 18:20

November 30, 2003, Sunday

Russia is ready to take part in regulating the Nagorny Karabakh issue should its assistance be required. The problem of Nagorny Karabakh is an issue for the political dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan – a dialogue that Russia supports November 30, 2003, 17:23

President Vladimir Putin held negotiations with Armenian President Robert Kocharian November 30, 2003, 14:00 Strelna

November 29, 2003, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin attended the international Russian President's Judo Cup team tournament November 29, 2003, 21:40 St Petersburg

Intensifying economic cooperation was the main subject discussed during talks between President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy November 29, 2003, 17:50

President Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the graves of ex-mayor of St Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak and deputy Galina Starovoitova November 29, 2003, 17:20 St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin met with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy November 29, 2003, 16:40 Strelna

November 28, 2003, Friday

The State Duma elections due to be held on December 7 are the most important political event of this year, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Russian television channels November 28, 2003, 19:57

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on nuclear security November 28, 2003, 19:20 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin was interviewed by three Russian TV channels November 28, 2003, 15:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin wrote to Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov proposing to extend the mandate of the Russian peace-keeping force as part of the CIS Collective Forces in the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone November 28, 2003, 00:00

November 27, 2003, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin said that it was unacceptable for textbooks on the history of Russia to be politicized at a meeting with history scholars at the Russian national library November 27, 2003, 20:00

President Vladimir Putin met with historians November 27, 2003, 15:00 Russian State Library, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin visited the Russian State Library November 27, 2003, 13:40 Moscow

November 26, 2003, Wednesday

Meeting with religious leaders from the Caucasus and with Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexii II, President Vladimir Putin said he hopes that the process now underway in Georgia will end positively in presidential elections and legitimisation of the current situation November 26, 2003, 21:50

President Vladimir Putin met with religious leaders of the Caucasus November 26, 2003, 19:25

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev November 26, 2003, 18:20

"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."

Transcripts, May 9, 2025