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President Vladimir Putin visited the Russian Defence Ministry's Radio-Electronic Centre in Lourdes December 15, 2000, 02:30 Lourdes, Cuba

December 14, 2000, Thursday

The Russian and Cuban delegations met for expanded negotiations December 14, 2000, 21:20 Revolution Palace, Havana

President Vladimir Putin arrived in Cuba on an official visit by invitation of Fidel Castro December 14, 2000, 07:25 Havana

The Canadian television channels CBC and CTV and newspaper The Globe & Mail, and the Russian television station RTR interviewed President Vladimir Putin before his visit to Canada, due on December 17–19 December 14, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to George W. Bush upon his election as President of the United States and wished him “every success in that crucial and responsible post.” December 14, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree pardoning American citizen Edmond Pope December 14, 2000, 00:00

December 13, 2000, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with President Jacques Chirac of France December 13, 2000, 17:40

December 12, 2000, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov December 12, 2000, 15:00

A reception dedicated to Constitution Day took place in the Kremlin December 12, 2000, 12:35 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to Cuban TV Cubavision, the Prensa Latina information agency and the Russian ORT TV company December 12, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin introduced the draft of the decree “On the Use of Military Formations of the Russian Armed Forces in the International Security Presence in Kosovo, the Union Republic of Yugoslavia” to Chairman of the Federation Council Yegor Stroyev December 12, 2000, 00:00

December 11, 2000, Monday

President Vladimir Putin signed a document “On Signing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the Supplementary Protocols against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and to Prevent, Suppress and Penalise Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children” December 11, 2000, 00:00

December 9, 2000, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin took part in the opening ceremony of the first President's Cup international judo tournament December 9, 2000, 16:20 The Palace Of Sports, Magnitogorsk

President Vladimir Putin visited the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) December 9, 2000, 16:10 Magnitogorsk

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulation to Askar Akayev on his inauguration as President of the Kyrgyz Republic December 9, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic, on his 80th birthday December 9, 2000, 00:00

December 8, 2000, Friday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with President Bill Clinton of the United States December 8, 2000, 20:15

President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to President Robert Kocharian of Armenia December 8, 2000, 00:00

December 7, 2000, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma December 7, 2000, 22:15

President Vladimir Putin met with Vladimir Potanin, the president of the Interros holding December 7, 2000, 19:20 The Kremlin, 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."