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President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to those killed in the Great Patriotic War and laid flowers at the graves of sailors who died aboard the Kursk nuclear-powered submarine August 19, 2003, 14:10 Kursk

President Vladimir Putin visited the sixth MAKS-2003 International Aerospace Show August 19, 2003, 13:00 Zhukovsky

August 18, 2003, Monday

In accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1483 of March 22, 2003, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree abolishing economic sanctions taken by Russia against Iraq and freezing the financial and economic assets of the former Iraqi government on Russian territory August 18, 2003, 21:34

President Vladimir Putin met with Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu August 18, 2003, 15:25 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko and Transneft president Semyon Vainshtok August 18, 2003, 14:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Cabinet August 18, 2003, 13:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Decree “On Measures Securing the Implementation of the Security Council's Resolution No 1483 Dated May 22, 2003” August 18, 2003, 00:00

August 17, 2003, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to the organisers and participants in the youth forum of the All-Russia Society of Disabled People August 17, 2003, 00:00

August 16, 2003, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with US President George W. Bush August 16, 2003, 19:20

President Vladimir Putin signed the Decree “On Measures Securing the Implementation of the UN Security Council's Resolution No 1478 of May 6, 2003” August 16, 2003, 00:00

August 15, 2003, Friday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Uzbek President Islam Karimov August 15, 2003, 18:40

President Vladimir Putin met with Alexei Miller, chairman of the Gazprom board August 15, 2003, 16:40 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent congratulatory messages to Indian President Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the occasion of the Indian national holiday — Independence Day August 15, 2003, 00:00

August 14, 2003, Thursday

Russian Muslims have every right to feel they are a part of the Islamic world, announced President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the ambassador for relations with the Islamic Conference Organisation (ICO) and other international Islamic organisations, V. Popov August 14, 2003, 19:18

President Vladimir Putin met with Veniamin Popov, the Russian Ambassador to the OIC and other international Muslim organisations August 14, 2003, 14:50 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev August 14, 2003, 14:20 Novo-Ogaryovo

August 13, 2003, Wednesday

Joining the World Trade Organisation is a most important part of Russia’s economic policy, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the directors of Russian processing companies August 13, 2003, 19:41

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with executives of a number of Russian companies August 13, 2003, 15:10 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 12, 2003, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin discussed issues of financing sport with deputy prime minister, Finance Minister A. Kudrin and the chairman of the State Sport Committee V. Fetisov August 12, 2003, 19:03

President Vladimir Putin met with Vladimir Mikhailov, Commander-In-Chief of the Russian Air Force August 12, 2003, 14:30 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."