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President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, with the heads of foreign delegations and their wives, who arrived to attend the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg, watched a gala concert featuring world opera and ballet stars May 30, 2003, 22:00 Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin is satisfied with what he considers positive results obtained at the Commonwealth of Independent States summit May 30, 2003, 20:24

President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, with the heads of foreign delegations and their wives, who had arrived to attend the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg, visited St Isaac's Cathedral built in honour of Peter the Great's patron saint May 30, 2003, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin met with Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov May 30, 2003, 17:35 The Silver Whisper Liner, St Petersburg

An informal summit of the CIS heads of state took place aboard the Silver Whisper ship in St Petersburg May 30, 2003, 16:45

President Vladimir Putin visited the Engineering (Mikhailovsky) Castle after its restoration May 30, 2003, 13:10 St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi May 30, 2003, 12:00 St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin sent a Budget Address on the budget policy in 2004 to the Speakers of the State Duma, the Federation Council and the Government May 30, 2003, 11:50

On the eve of President Vladimir Putin's meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who arrived in Russia to attend the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg, newspapers published President Putin's interview with the Japanese TV company NHK May 30, 2003, 04:10

May 29, 2003, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, arrived in St Petersburg to attend the celebrations of the city's 300th anniversary May 29, 2003, 22:20

The priority task of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is to oppose terrorism and extremism, announced President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of SCO country leaders May 29, 2003, 21:36

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) heads of state met at the Kremlin May 29, 2003, 13:00 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev May 29, 2003, 11:05 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 28, 2003, Wednesday

Although there have been positive results in Chechnya, the republic still faces a great number of problems May 28, 2003, 21:56

Russian and Kyrgyz presidents held negotiations May 28, 2003, 21:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin received the leaders of four Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries in the Kremlin May 28, 2003, 19:35 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov on Bulgaria’s initiative May 28, 2003, 15:45

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with the leadership of the Chechen Republic May 28, 2003, 13:40 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to the builders and restorers of the Constantine Palace May 28, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev a telegram on the occasion of a national holiday — Republic Day May 28, 2003, 00:00

Plenary session of St Petersburg International Economic Forum