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President Vladimir Putin signed a law on enforcing the readmission agreement with Lithuania July 5, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin congratulated former Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski on his 80th birthday July 5, 2003, 00:00

July 4, 2003, Friday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbaev July 4, 2003, 22:45

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with French President Jacques Chirac July 4, 2003, 21:40

President Vladimir Putin and President Ion Iliescu have signed a Treaty on Friendly Relations and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and Romania July 4, 2003, 20:09

President Vladimir Putin met with the leadership of the Chechen Republic July 4, 2003, 18:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

A Russian-Romanian summit was held in the Kremlin July 4, 2003, 14:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin congratulated US President George W. Bush on Independence Day July 4, 2003, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On Extra Counterterrorist Measures in the North Caucasian Region of the Russian Federation.” July 4, 2003, 00:00

July 3, 2003, Thursday

The problem of maintaining security in Russian schools is no longer just a matter for individual regions, said President Vladimir Putin during a meeting Education Minister Vladimir Filippov July 3, 2003, 19:32

President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev July 3, 2003, 19:10

Russian President Vladimir Putin received Vladimir Babichev, the newly appointed Russian Ambassador to Kazakhstan July 3, 2003, 15:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

On the eve of an official visit to Malaysia President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to the Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times July 3, 2003, 00:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the ratification of the agreement between Russia and Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea July 3, 2003, 00:00

July 2, 2003, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Mongolian Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar to discuss current issues of bilateral cooperation July 2, 2003, 18:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with US President George W. Bush July 2, 2003, 17:00

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson in connection with their national holiday — Canada Day July 2, 2003, 00:00

July 1, 2003, Tuesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed issues connected with the fight against drugs trafficking with Chairman of the State Committee for Control over the Circulation of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Viktor Cherkesov July 1, 2003, 16:46

June 30, 2003, Monday

The primary measures aimed at creating the normal conditions of contact between the population of Kaliningrad with the remainder of Russia and vice versa will be solved depending on how Russia agrees with her partners in the European Union and Lithuania, announced President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the members of government June 30, 2003, 20:11

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Cabinet June 30, 2003, 13:00 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."