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Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov handed Hamid Karzai, the head of the interim administration in Afghanistan, President Putin's invitation to visit Russia February 4, 2002, 00:00

February 1, 2002, Friday

The Russian President sent a message to the Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi February 1, 2002, 00:00

January 31, 2002, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin received credentials from several foreign ambassadors January 31, 2002, 14:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met with Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov January 31, 2002, 13:00 Novo-Ogaryovo

January 30, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Uzbek President Islam Karimov January 30, 2002, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the State Council on Physical Fitness and Sports January 30, 2002, 14:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

January 29, 2002, Tuesday

The State Council presidium met in the Kremlin to discuss national sports development January 29, 2002, 17:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Justice Minister Yury Chaika January 29, 2002, 13:40 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Austrian Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel January 29, 2002, 13:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent condolences to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson on the death of the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren January 29, 2002, 00:00

January 28, 2002, Monday

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Cabinet January 28, 2002, 12:15 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, wishing him a happy 40th birthday January 28, 2002, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law on “The Ratification of the Treaty of Good-Neighbourly Relations, Friendship and Cooperation Between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China” January 28, 2002, 00:00

January 26, 2002, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin sent his regards to Indian President Kocheril Raman Narayanan and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Republic Day, celebrated as a national holiday in India January 26, 2002, 00:00

January 25, 2002, Friday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia, wishing him a happy birthday January 25, 2002, 18:00

President Vladimir Putin and President Heydar Aliyev signed an agreement on the status and principles and terms of using the Daryal-type radar in Gabala January 25, 2002, 14:50 The Kremlin, Moscow

Russian-Azerbaijani negotiations ended in the signing of documents January 25, 2002, 14:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan held negotiations January 25, 2002, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

January 24, 2002, Thursday

Vladimir Putin approved a proposal for pardoning all women mothers held in custody January 24, 2002, 00:00

January 23, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin approved an armaments programme for a period of up to 2010 January 23, 2002, 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."