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President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi watched demonstration flights by Russian pilots April 21, 2004, 19:00 Lipetsk

Our aim is not simply to attract investment but to create an effective, competitive and modern economy, President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following the ceremony to open an Italian factory in Lipetsk. Mr Putin noted that Russia needs not just money but also skilled production specialists with new ideas April 21, 2004, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi held a joint press conference April 21, 2004, 16:00 Lipetsk

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi took part in the dedication ceremony of a new washing machine factory April 21, 2004, 14:45 Lipetsk

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited the Stinol refrigerator factory in Lipetsk April 21, 2004, 14:30 Lipetsk

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived in Lipetsk April 21, 2004, 13:30

April 20, 2004, Tuesday

Moscow and Rome have begun to implement Silvio Berlusconi’s idea to create Italian industrial districts in Russia, President Vladimir Putin announced at talks with the Italian Prime Minister April 20, 2004, 22:05

President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had talks at the Kremlin April 20, 2004, 19:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and expressed satisfaction with the development of economic and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries April 20, 2004, 13:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing a Russian agency responsible for joint anti-terrorist activities in the CIS member states April 20, 2004, 11:50

April 19, 2004, Monday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Tony Blair April 19, 2004, 21:45

President Vladimir Putin informed the government at a meeting at the Kremlin that he had introduced to the State Duma amendments to the law ”On the Government of the Russian Federation“. The amendments concern the completion of reforms in government organisation April 19, 2004, 19:13

President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Cabinet members April 19, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

April 17, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero April 17, 2004, 19:30

April 16, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin and wife, Lyudmila, arrived in Hanover to celebrate Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's 60th birthday April 16, 2004, 22:40

President Vladimir Putin met with the Ukrainian President's Chief of Staff Victor Medvedchuk April 16, 2004, 15:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

April 15, 2004, Thursday

The war on terrorism was one of the topics at a meeting with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, whom Russian President Vladimir Putin received at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo April 15, 2004, 21:33

President Vladimir Putin met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov April 15, 2004, 19:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin April 15, 2004, 14:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov April 15, 2004, 14:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

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