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President Vladimir Putin met with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar May 22, 2001, 11:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

May 21, 2001, Monday

President Putin gave an informal dinner in honour of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar May 21, 2001, 21:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

Vladimir Putin met with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to discuss the situation in the Middle East May 21, 2001, 17:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin signed a decree to form a government delegation for Russian-Ukrainian talks concerning the former Soviet Union's real estate abroad May 21, 2001, 00:00

May 19, 2001, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon May 19, 2001, 15:00

President Vladimir Putin forwarded a reciprocal message to US President George W. Bush May 19, 2001, 00:00

May 18, 2001, Friday

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Viktor Kress, Governor of the Tomsk Region and head of the State Council's working group on reforming the power industry May 18, 2001, 16:40 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Kuroyedov and CEO of the Rubin design bureau Igor Spassky May 18, 2001, 13:50 Novo-Ogaryovo

May 17, 2001, Thursday

The Kremlin hosted the Russia-European Union summit May 17, 2001, 17:00 Moscow

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

"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."