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Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave an interview to Mayak radio station March 18, 2000, 00:00

Acting President Vladimir Putin awarded the Order of Friendship to Italian poet, artist and playwright Antonio Guerre for his substantial contribution to strengthening Russian-Italian friendship and expanding cultural ties March 18, 2000, 00:00

March 17, 2000, Friday

Acting President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak March 17, 2000, 19:30

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a brief trip to the Moscow Region March 17, 2000, 15:00

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin handed the certificate of Moscow Region Governor to Boris Gromov March 17, 2000, 12:00 Office Of The Moscow Region’S Administration, Moscow

March 16, 2000, Thursday

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented plaques and diplomas to winners of the 1999 State Prize in science and technology March 16, 2000, 19:30 The State Kremlin Palace, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister met with Chairman of the Arbitration Court Veniamin Yakovlev March 16, 2000, 16:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the Head of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev March 16, 2000, 15:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented a standard to Colonel General Konstantin Totsky, Director of the Federal Border Guard Service March 16, 2000, 13:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting March 16, 2000, 10:45 The Government House, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Russian Muslims congratulating them on the religious festival Kurban Bairam March 16, 2000, 00:00

March 15, 2000, Wednesday

Acting President Vladimir Putin met with members of the Council of Muftis of Russia March 15, 2000, 19:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin took part in the work of the nation-wide conference of small businesses March 15, 2000, 17:15 Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin met with heads of administrations of eight districts of the Chechen Republic March 15, 2000, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to the US Congressmen March 15, 2000, 00:00

Acting President Vladimir Putin congratulated Jores Alferov, vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director of the Ioffe Physics and Technology Institute, and winner of the Lenin, State and Demidov prizes, on his 70th birth anniversary March 15, 2000, 00:00

March 14, 2000, Tuesday

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended a commemoration service for troops of the 104th Airborne Regiment, Pskov Airborne Division, who were killed in a counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya March 14, 2000, 19:15 Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief March 14, 2000, 17:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mikhail Kasyanov March 14, 2000, 17:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

March 13, 2000, Monday

Acting President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with German businessmen and bankers March 13, 2000, 20:00 The President Hotel, 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."