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August 22, 2001, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin visited Veliky Novgorod August 22, 2001, 15:30 The Novgorod Region

August 21, 2001, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin visited the Valdai Iversky Svyatoozersky Monastery of Our Lady and attended a service for those killed in a terrorist attack in Astrakhan on August 19 August 21, 2001, 14:10 The Novgorod Region

August 20, 2001, Monday

President Vladimir Putin visited the Solovetsky Islands August 20, 2001, 19:40 The Solovetsky Islands, Arkhangelsk Region

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to power workers of Russia and Ukraine congratulating them on the resumption of joint operation of the two countries' power systems August 20, 2001, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine on the August 19 tragedy at the Zasyadko mine in the Donetsk Region which took a heavy toll August 20, 2001, 00:00

August 19, 2001, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to former US President Bill Clinton to congratulate him on his 55th birthday August 19, 2001, 11:05

August 17, 2001, Friday

Vladimir Putin initiated a telephone conversation with Chinese President Jiang Zemin August 17, 2001, 17:40

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon initiated a telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin August 17, 2001, 15:35

August 15, 2001, Wednesday

President Putin sent South Korea's President Kim Dae-jung a congratulatory letter on the national holiday — Liberation Day August 15, 2001, 00:00

President Putin sent his regards to India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President K R Narayan on the 54th anniversary of Indian independence August 15, 2001, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory letter to Kim Jong-il, Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, on North Korea's national holiday-Liberation Day August 15, 2001, 00:00

August 14, 2001, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin visited the Russian-Czech Spartak Cup ice hockey match August 14, 2001, 22:15 The Sokolniki Sports Palace, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin visited the 5th Moscow international aerospace show MAKS 2001 August 14, 2001, 14:30 Zhukovsky, The Moscow Region

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Fidel Castro, President of the Republic of Cuba, on his 75th birthday August 14, 2001, 00:00

August 13, 2001, Monday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov August 13, 2001, 16:35

President Vladimir Putin met with US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld August 13, 2001, 14:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 10, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin met with Irina Lyachina, the widow of the commander of the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk August 10, 2001, 16:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Vladimir Yelagin, the minister with responsibility for coordinating the work of federal government agencies for social and economic development of the Chechen Republic August 10, 2001, 14:05 The Kremlin, Moscow

August 9, 2001, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on export control of equipment, materials and technologies that could be used in manufacturing missiles August 9, 2001, 00:00

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree confirming a list of toxic substances, pathogens and genetically modified microorganisms, equipment and technologies liable to export control August 9, 2001, 00:00

"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."