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July 1, 2001, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin and President Jacques Chirac dined at a fish restaurant in St Petersburg July 1, 2001, 23:30

President Vladimir Putin met with French President Jacques Chirac July 1, 2001, 20:00 St Petersburg

June 28, 2001, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the State Council presidium on interbudgetary relations June 28, 2001, 18:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and the Ukrainian people on the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Ukrainian Constitution June 28, 2001, 00:00

June 27, 2001, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with participants and guests at the Moscow International Film Festival June 27, 2001, 23:20 Moscow Region

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with British Prime Minister Tony Blair June 27, 2001, 21:40

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov June 27, 2001, 12:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

June 26, 2001, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Russia's Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov June 26, 2001, 11:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to set up a presidential commission to draft proposals on the division of powers between various levels of authority June 26, 2001, 00:00

June 25, 2001, Monday

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolence to Peru's President Valentin Paniagua Corazao following an earthquake that killed numerous people June 25, 2001, 15:00

President Vladimir Putin accepted a proposal by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to cancel the visa requirement for US citizens' transit to third countries via Russia June 25, 2001, 00:00

June 24, 2001, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin and Thomas Klestil visited the Russian Museum June 24, 2001, 14:10 St. Petersburg

June 23, 2001, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin and Thomas Klestil visited the State Hermitage museum and Peterhoff, country residence of the Russian emperors outside St Petersburg June 23, 2001, 21:40 St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin and Austria's President Thomas Klestil laid wreaths at the monument to the city's defenders in Victory Square in St Petersburg June 23, 2001, 18:10 St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Austria's President Thomas Klestil June 23, 2001, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

June 22, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin thanked the German Association for the Care of War Graves June 22, 2001, 17:45

President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech on TV and radio on the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War June 22, 2001, 11:50 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall on the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War June 22, 2001, 10:15 Moscow

June 20, 2001, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko June 20, 2001, 13:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

June 19, 2001, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Anvar Shamuzafarov, chairman of the State Construction Committee (Gosstroi) of the Russian Federation June 19, 2001, 21:30 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."