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President Vladimir Putin sent Chinese President Jiang Zemin a telegram of sympathy over an earthquake in the Xinjiang Uygur region of China February 24, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of greeting to participants in the 13th Conference of Nonaligned Heads of State and Government meeting in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) February 24, 2003, 00:00

February 23, 2003, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi February 23, 2003, 23:00

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, President Putin visited the Burdenko military hospital February 23, 2003, 14:20 The Burdenko Military Hospital, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with British Prime Minister Tony Blair February 23, 2003, 12:30

President Vladimir Putin held talks with the Belarusian, Kazakh, and Ukrainian Presidents February 23, 2003, 12:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, President Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden February 23, 2003, 10:20 Moscow

February 22, 2003, Saturday

Presidents of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan held a meeting February 22, 2003, 19:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin addressed an official meeting dedicated to Defender of the Fatherland Day February 22, 2003, 17:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma February 22, 2003, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

February 21, 2003, Friday

President Vladimir Putin attended the All-Army Conference of Officers of the Russian Armed Forces February 21, 2003, 12:15 The Defence Ministry, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin greeted participants in the second Russian-US round table discussion on information technology in San Mateo, California February 21, 2003, 00:00

February 19, 2003, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin addressed readers of the British First magazine February 19, 2003, 22:15

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Azerbaijan's President Heidar Aliyev February 19, 2003, 22:15

President Vladimir Putin met with representatives of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs February 19, 2003, 20:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Singh February 19, 2003, 17:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Chairman of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin February 19, 2003, 16:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to organisers, participants and guests of the EurAsEC Economic Forum February 19, 2003, 00:00

February 18, 2003, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission February 18, 2003, 21:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev attended the opening ceremony of the Year of Kazakhstan in Russia February 18, 2003, 19:55 New Stage Of The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

"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."