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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

US national Edmond Pope, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for espionage, appealed to President Vladimir Putin for pardon December 7, 2000, 18:30

President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law on the abrogation of provisos to the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, of June 17, 1925 December 7, 2000, 00:00

December 6, 2000, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland December 6, 2000, 15:05

December 5, 2000, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Moldova Petru Lucinschi December 5, 2000, 19:00

President Putin met with Yevgeny Primakov, chairman of the Fatherland — All Russia party in the State Duma December 5, 2000, 18:20 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Putin sent a message to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien December 5, 2000, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Muammar al-Qaddafi, leader of the Libyan revolution December 5, 2000, 00:00

December 4, 2000, Monday

President Vladimir Putin submitted bills on Russia's national symbols to the State Duma December 4, 2000, 21:00

The President stated his intention to immediately submit bills on the flag and state coat-of-arms of the Russian Federation to the State Duma and to ask deputies to approve the music for the state anthem December 4, 2000, 20:50 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin chaired an expanded meeting of the State Council's Presidium December 4, 2000, 17:35 The Kremlin, Moscow

December 2, 2000, Saturday

Vladimir Putin visited the town of Korolyov near Moscow December 2, 2000, 17:00 Moscow Region

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Vicente Fox, President of the United Mexican States, on his inauguration as President December 2, 2000, 00:00

December 1, 2000, Friday

The Presidents of Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan had a tripartite meeting December 1, 2000, 19:00 Minsk

The CIS Council of Heads of State met in Minsk December 1, 2000, 16:00

President Vladimir Putin met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov December 1, 2000, 11:20 Minsk

President Vladimir Putin signed the decree “Issues of Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation with Other Countries” December 1, 2000, 00:00

November 30, 2000, Thursday

President Putin met with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma November 30, 2000, 23:50 Zaslavl Residence, Minsk

President Vladimir Putin met with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze November 30, 2000, 20:30 Zaslavl Residence, Minsk

"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."