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President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi discussed some relevant international issues August 31, 2003, 18:30 Porto Rotondo, Sardinia

President Vladimir Putin wished Armenia's President Robert Kocharyan a happy birthday August 31, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev in connection with the national holiday — State Independence Day August 31, 2003, 00:00

August 30, 2003, Saturday

A joint statement was adopted following negotiations between President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi August 30, 2003, 17:20 Porto Rotondo, Sardinia

“A tragedy took place today in the northern fleet,” said President Putin at a meeting with the personnel of the “Moscow” cruiser, which is in Italy on a planned visit. “It is already clear that there victims among the sailors.” August 30, 2003, 17:12

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi held a joint news conference August 30, 2003, 16:45 Porto Rotondo, Sardinia

On the orders of President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov flew to the Northern Fleet to assess the progress of the search and rescue work in the area where the nuclear submarine K-159 sank August 30, 2003, 16:30

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited the missile cruiser Moskva August 30, 2003, 15:00 The Port Of La Maddalena

Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov immediately reported to President Vladimir Putin about a submarine that sank in the Barents Sea August 30, 2003, 10:55

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on his birthday August 30, 2003, 00:00

August 29, 2003, Friday

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with Russian and Italian cultural figures August 29, 2003, 22:40 Porto Rotondo, Sardinia

A serious support for Russian-English young exchanges could be the simplification of visa procedures for certain categories of citizens, said President Vladimir Putin after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi August 29, 2003, 21:34

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made a joint statement to summarise the first round of their talks August 29, 2003, 21:20 Porto Rotondo, Sardinia

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met at the negotiating table at Villa Certosa and took a tour of its park August 29, 2003, 20:15 Sardinia

President Vladimir Putin arrived in Italy August 29, 2003, 16:20 Sardinia

President Vladimir Putin appointed police Colonel-General Alexander Chekalin Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Director of the Federal Migration Service under the Internal Affairs Ministry August 29, 2003, 00:00

August 28, 2003, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak August 28, 2003, 21:30

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin August 28, 2003, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov August 28, 2003, 17:15 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Nikolai Bordyuzha, Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation August 28, 2003, 16:15 Novo-Ogaryovo

"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."