First day
President Vladimir Putin presented state awards to several Ukrainian citizens for their contribution to the development of Russian-Ukrainian friendship and cooperation
Mariinsky Palace, Kiev
Poet Alla Potapova being awarded the Order of Friendship.
Kiev hosted high-level Russian-Ukrainian talks
President Putin talking to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.
Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma attended the closing ceremony for the Year of Russia in Ukraine at the Ukraine Palace
Kiev
President Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma at the closing ceremony for the Year of Russia in Ukraine.
Second day
Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma visited the Kiev Cave Monastery and met with Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchs
Kiev
President Putin with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma at the Kiev Cave Monastery.
President Vladimir Putin had a talk with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma before leaving Kiev
President Putin with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, right, and Viktor Chernomyrdin, the Russian ambassador to Ukraine, at Borispol airport.
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