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February 1, 2004, Sunday

President Putin congratulated the Muslims of Russia on the festival of Kurban-Bairam February 1, 2004, 12:00

January 30, 2004, Friday

Addressing an expanded meeting of the college of the Prosecutor-General’s Office, President Vladimir Putin said that legality is a general state concept and not a political or agency-based category. The law is above the authority and administrative resource of any official and the main aim of supervision by prosecutors is to ensure that the law is enforced January 30, 2004, 21:11

President Vladimir Putin wished Uzbek President Islam Karimov a happy birthday January 30, 2004, 16:00

President Vladimir Putin attended an expanded meeting of the board of the Prosecutor General's Office January 30, 2004, 13:00 Moscow

January 29, 2004, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Fidel Castro, Chairman of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba January 29, 2004, 21:00

January 28, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov at the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential country residence outside Moscow to discuss the current situation in Chechnya January 28, 2004, 21:30

January 27, 2004, Tuesday

At a meeting of the presidium of the State council on problems of improving social facilities of pensioners, President Vladimir Putin announced the necessity of forming a fully-fledged market of social services January 27, 2004, 21:58

President Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on improving pensioner welfare January 27, 2004, 19:00 St. Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin attended events on the 60th anniversary of lifting the blockade of Leningrad January 27, 2004, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin met with pensioners at the Kirovsk town hall January 27, 2004, 15:00 Leningrad Region

January 26, 2004, Monday

President Vladimir Putin is certain that Russia’s policy towards the United States will remain stable and predictable January 26, 2004, 21:24

President Vladimir Putin held negotiations with US Secretary of State Colin Powell during his two-day visit to Moscow January 26, 2004, 15:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin met with the Cabinet members January 26, 2004, 14:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

January 24, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Indian President Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Republic Day January 24, 2004, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin had a talk with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma before leaving Kiev January 24, 2004, 17:00

Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma visited the Kiev Cave Monastery and met with Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchs January 24, 2004, 14:00 Kiev

January 23, 2004, Friday

Work on setting up a gas transport consortium (GTC) is making good progress, President Vladimir Putin said following talks with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma January 23, 2004, 21:22

Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma attended the closing ceremony for the Year of Russia in Ukraine at the Ukraine Palace January 23, 2004, 20:00 Kiev

Kiev hosted high-level Russian-Ukrainian talks January 23, 2004, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin presented state awards to several Ukrainian citizens for their contribution to the development of Russian-Ukrainian friendship and cooperation January 23, 2004, 18:30 Mariinsky Palace, Kiev

"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."