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President Putin said the draft 2002 federal budget must be based on global economic development and energy price trends.
Mr Putin and members of Parliament discussed foreign-policy issues. The President told State Duma deputies about his visit to Shanghai. The sides also discussed the situation around Afghanistan, Chechnya and Georgia, the dismantling of a Russian military base in Vietnam and a radar station in Cuba, as well as aspects of the pension reform.
October 23, 2001, The Kremlin, Moscow