News ∙ President ∙ Events ∙ President of Russia

President Vladimir Putin met with the top FSB leaders May 28, 2004, 11:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev on Republic Day May 28, 2004, 00:00

May 27, 2004, Thursday

The Russian authorities will do everything they can to restore the unity of the Russian Orthodox Church, President Vladimir Putin announced at a meeting with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexei II and the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Metropolitan Laurus May 27, 2004, 20:06

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the request of the Kazakh side May 27, 2004, 16:20

President Vladimir Putin received Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexii II, Primate of the Overseas Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Laurus and Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain May 27, 2004, 16:15 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Alvaro Gil-Robles, the Council of Europe's High Commissioner on Human Rights May 27, 2004, 14:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

May 26, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Uzbek President Islam Karimov May 26, 2004, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin met with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress May 26, 2004, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin delivered his Annual Address to the Federal Assembly May 26, 2004, 13:00 Moscow

The most pressing problems for the country’s citizens that demand priority attention are accessibility of quality housing, education and healthcare May 26, 2004, 11:55

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Georgian Independence Day May 26, 2004, 00:00

May 25, 2004, Tuesday

In connection with Africa Day marked on May 25 President Vladimir Putin sent a message of greeting to the African heads of state and government May 25, 2004, 20:05

President Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of replacing privileges with cash payments at a meeting with members of Government May 25, 2004, 17:55

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee May 25, 2004, 17:30

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Cabinet members May 25, 2004, 13:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 24, 2004, Monday

The creation of the Single Economic Space uniting Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan will not stop these four countries from also being a part of global and general European processes May 24, 2004, 18:28

President Vladimir Putin met Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma May 24, 2004, 16:30 Yalta

The Livadia Palace outside Yalta was the venue of a meeting of the heads of states signatories to the Agreement on the Formation of the Common Economic Space May 24, 2004, 15:00 Crimea, Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin signed the law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Russia and the European Space Agency on cooperation and partnership in the exploration and peaceful use of outer space May 24, 2004, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed the Law on the Ratification of the Russian-German Intergovernmental Agreement on Cooperation in the Exploration and Peaceful Use of Outer Space May 24, 2004, 00:00

Plenary session of St Petersburg International Economic Forum