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President Vladimir Putin met with King Abdullah II of Jordan November 19, 2003, 13:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

November 18, 2003, Tuesday

At a meeting at the Defence Ministry, President Vladimir Putin summed up the results of training of the Armed Forces in 2003 and determined the priority tasks for 2004 November 18, 2003, 20:55

President Vladimir Putin discussed the issue of Russian launches from the Kourou launching site in French Guyana with Deputy Prime Minister Boris Aleshin November 18, 2003, 16:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with veterans of the Russian Armed Forces November 18, 2003, 14:00 Defence Ministry, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with top commanders of the Russian Armed Forces November 18, 2003, 12:30 Defence Ministry, Moscow

November 17, 2003, Monday

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi November 17, 2003, 21:50

President Vladimir Putin discussed the approval of the 2004 budget and amendments to the 2003 budget at a meeting with the government and at a following meeting with Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin November 17, 2003, 18:05

President Vladimir Putin met with Government members November 17, 2003, 13:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin congratulated the clergy and the parishioners of the patriarchal parishes in the United States on the 100th anniversary of St Nicholas' Cathedral in New York City November 17, 2003, 00:00

November 15, 2003, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze November 15, 2003, 13:00

November 14, 2003, Friday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his Georgian counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze November 14, 2003, 19:00

Speaking at a congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, President Vladimir Putin said that strengthening the institution of property, carrying out tax and administrative reform, developing the financial and banking sectors and reorganising the country’s infrastructure monopolies are all effective ways of developing the Russian economy November 14, 2003, 18:16

The Russian President held a meeting with Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref at his Novo-Ogaryovo country residence November 14, 2003, 17:00

President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President Akhmat Kadyrov of Chechnya November 14, 2003, 15:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

President Vladimir Putin took part in the work of the 12th Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs November 14, 2003, 14:00 Column Hall, Moscow

The Russian President sent greetings to the participants in the 13th Ibero-American Summit that opened in Bolivia November 14, 2003, 00:00

November 13, 2003, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin talked of the necessity to create a common system of security at a joint sitting of the Security Council and the presidium of the State Council. All components of the security system should be developed in detail and united in a single system. The President stresses that powers should be restricted in this sphere, as well as the corresponding responsibility between structures that answer for the security of people and potentially dangerous objects November 13, 2003, 20:42

President Vladimir Putin met with the President of the international agency Moody's, John Rutherford, and managing director of the agency Murray Chester November 13, 2003, 19:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin chaired a joint meeting of the Security Council and the Presidium of the State Council on enhancing the protection of key infrastructure objects and the population in connection with increased natural, man-made and terrorist threats November 13, 2003, 18:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Horst Koehler, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) November 13, 2003, 14:30 Novo-Ogaryovo

Plenary session of St Petersburg International Economic Forum