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President Vladimir Putin chaired the first meeting of the Council for Fight against Corruption January 12, 2004, 15:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Cabinet members January 12, 2004, 13:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

January 10, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the new administrative centre of the Kazakh capital January 10, 2004, 11:40 Astana

President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the Presidential Center of Kazakh Culture in Astana January 10, 2004, 11:00

January 9, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev held talks in Astana January 9, 2004, 19:30

President Vladimir Putin believes that the volume of trade and economic co-operation between Russia and Kazakhstan can be doubled at minimum January 9, 2004, 17:21

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Hamid Karzai, head of Afghanistan's interim administration, on the adoption of a new constitution January 9, 2004, 11:00

January 7, 2004, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder January 7, 2004, 17:30

The Church is separate from the state, but the people spiritually see the two as a single whole, President Vladimir Putin said during a visit to the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery in the Moscow region town of Zvenigorod January 7, 2004, 15:17

President Vladimir Putin visited the Savvino-Storozhevsky Stavropigialny Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in Zvenigorod, outside Moscow, and the children's home at the cloister January 7, 2004, 14:00

President Vladimir Putin attended a Christmas service at the Church of the Sign of the Holy Mother of God on the outskirts of Suzdal January 7, 2004, 00:10 Vladimir Region

January 6, 2004, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin took a trip to Suzdal January 6, 2004, 21:45 Vladimir Region

President Vladimir Putin discussed the country's financial and economic development in 2003 with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov January 6, 2004, 13:50 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin chose Suzdal as the destination for his first visit of 2004 January 6, 2004, 10:47

January 5, 2004, Monday

President Vladimir Putin congratulated servicemen in a special operation in Dagestan with its successful conclusion January 5, 2004, 18:47

President Vladimir Putin congratulated members of a special operation in Dagestan on its successful completion January 5, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

January 3, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak over the crash of an Egyptian passenger airliner that took many lives January 3, 2004, 13:15

President Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to French President Jacques Chirac over a plane crash in Egypt that killed many French citizens January 3, 2004, 13:10

December 30, 2003, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Russian citizens with the New Year. The head of state said that 2003 had been, on the whole, successful, although there had been difficulties and mistakes, while some problems remained unsolved December 30, 2003, 20:06

December 29, 2003, Monday

The State Duma should concentrate, above all, on issues directly connected with Russians’ quality of life, President Vladimir Putin declared at the first session of the new convocation of the lower chamber of parliament December 29, 2003, 17:39

"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."