03 February 2003 00:00 PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION VLADIMIR PUTIN SPEAKS TO ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON BY TELEPHONE
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and expressed his sincere condolences to the people of Israel and to the kith and kin of the Israeli astronaut, who died in the catastrophe of the space shuttle Columbia.
Sharon expressed his deep appreciation for the condolence.
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