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The Russia-European Union summit opened with a bilateral meeting of President Vladimir Putin and Goran Persson, the Swedish Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of Europe May 17, 2001, 10:05 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 16, 2001, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev May 16, 2001, 00:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 15, 2001, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan May 15, 2001, 17:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev May 15, 2001, 13:50

May 14, 2001, Monday

President Vladimir Putin had talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the Kremlin May 14, 2001, 11:50 Moscow

May 12, 2001, Saturday

Vladimir Putin met with the president's plenipotentiary envoys to federal districts May 12, 2001, 12:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 11, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin chaired a Security Council session May 11, 2001, 17:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Adrian Severin, Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly May 11, 2001, 13:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spoke to reporters before a meeting with his envoys to the federal districts May 11, 2001, 00:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 9, 2001, Wednesday

The Russian president made a statement at the ceremonial reception in the Kremlin in honour of the 56th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War May 9, 2001, 12:30 Moscow

Red Square was the venue of a military parade dedicated to the 56th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War May 9, 2001, 10:30 Moscow

May 8, 2001, Tuesday

President Putin had a telephone conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Hans Goran Persson May 8, 2001, 21:00

President Putin presented the Standard of the Russian Armed Forces to Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov May 8, 2001, 17:45 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Putin met with head of the Greek Orthodox Church Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and all Greece May 8, 2001, 17:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Putin met with WWII veterans in the Kremlin May 8, 2001, 14:30 The Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow

President Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and flowers at the memorial to the hero cities near the Kremlin wall May 8, 2001, 10:10 The Alexandrovsky Gardens, Moscow

May 7, 2001, Monday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the initiative of the Japanese side May 7, 2001, 14:55

May 4, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Islam Karimov held talks in the Kremlin May 4, 2001, 11:30 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee May 4, 2001, 00:00

May 3, 2001, Thursday

Vladimir Putin met with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov May 3, 2001, 20:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

"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."