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President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad February 16, 2004, 14:00

President Vladimir Putin submitted the Agreement on the Establishment of the Common Economic Space, signed in Yalta on September 19, 2003, to the State Duma for ratification February 16, 2004, 09:40

President Vladimir Putin submitted the Russian-Ukrainian Treaty on the Joint Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, signed in Kerch on December 24, 2003, to the State Duma for ratification February 16, 2004, 09:30

President Vladimir Putin submitted the Russian-Ukrainian Treaty on the Russian-Ukrainian State Border, signed in Kiev on January 28, 2003, to the State Duma for ratification February 16, 2004, 09:20

February 15, 2004, Sunday

President Vladimir Putin attended a ceremony on Memory Day of Soldier-Internationalist February 15, 2004, 19:00 Moscow

February 14, 2004, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin met with Austrian President Thomas Klestil at Novo-Ogaryovo February 14, 2004, 17:45 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with US President George W. Bush February 14, 2004, 17:15

Russia hopes for Austria’s support on a number of aspects of European cooperation, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Austrian President Thomas Klestil February 14, 2004, 15:39

February 13, 2004, Friday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev February 13, 2004, 15:40

President Vladimir Putin met with Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu February 13, 2004, 14:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Rosoboronexport General Director Andrei Belyaninov February 13, 2004, 12:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

February 12, 2004, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin met with German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer February 12, 2004, 18:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin held a meeting with his campaign activists February 12, 2004, 17:30 Moscow State University

February 11, 2004, Wednesday

Georgia is an important partner for Russia, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting in the Kremlin with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili February 11, 2004, 20:18

President Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov February 11, 2004, 19:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili February 11, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to US President George W. Bush February 11, 2004, 10:30

President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma a proposal to appoint Vladimir Lukin as Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights February 11, 2004, 10:00

February 10, 2004, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin received senior officers who had been promoted to new positions or received top military ranks in the Kremlin February 10, 2004, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

At a meeting with superior officers at the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin said that priority tasks were ensuring the security of the state, fighting terrorism and crime, protecting the countries borders and liquidating the aftermath of emergencies February 10, 2004, 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."