INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-WEEK
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The bulletin comes out weekly. This is issue No. 33
MONDAY, August 20, 2012
In Moscow:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pays a working visit to Finland.
1 p.m. Moscow – Kyiv video link-up
Subject: Russian language in Ukraine. First results of language law
Participants: Political analysts, sociologists, experts
Venue: RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard)
Phone: 8495-645-6472
4 p.m. An exhibition of gems opens at Pushkin Fine Arts Museum.
Address: Ul. Volkhonka 12.
Tel.: 8 (495) 697- 2214. E-mail: press@artsmuseum.ru.
Moscow Region Court to hear criminal case into January 2011 terrorist attack at Domodedovo airport
Farewell ceremony
Subject: Russian athletes leaving for London Paralympic Games
Venue: Great Patriotic War Central Museum (10, Bratyev Fonchenko street)
10 a.m. Moscow Region Vice Governor A.Sharov holds a video conference with the heads of the region’s municipal entities.
Subject: Allotting plots of land to large families, the transfer of the Defense Ministry’s garrisons, infrastructure to municipal entities.
Address: Krasnogorsk-7, Bulvar Stroitelei 1.
Tel.: 8 (498) 6062-2867, 8-903-686-5041; e-mail: perevalova@mosreg.ru
August 20-24. A festival of educational workers under the League of Education partnership’s aegis.
Venue: Pavlovskaya Gymnasium.
Address:Velednikovo, Pavlo-Slobodsky rural district.
Tel.: 8 (499) 502-1722. E-mail: mail@eleague.ru
In Russia and worldwide:
August 20 to 26. A “Wave of Health” action aboard the Yury Nikulin cruise boat from Samara to Astrakhan past Saratov and Volgograd, where medical consultations will be offered for free to local residents.
The Krasnodar Territorial Court holds preliminary hearings of the Tsapok gang case.
Yekaterinburg.
Final rehearsals ahead of the Oborona i Zashchita defense show.
Tyumen,
Press confine at Interfax/Tyumen Line news agency joint press center
Subject: Modern approaches to medical insurance in Tyumen region
Novosibirsk.
Court hearings of the case of prominent businessman and crime baron Antonov.
Finland,
Visit by Foreign Minister S. Lavrov
Kyiv (Ukraine),
Meeting of security sub-committee of Russian-Ukrainian interstate commission
Participant: Defense Minister A. Serdyukov
Estonia marks the 21st anniversary of the restoration of independence.
TUESDAY, August 21, 2012
In Moscow:
Events due at Interfax (2, Pervaya Tverskaya-Yamskaya street, 8499-250-8832):
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles in Russia
Speakers: Federal Department for Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons Stockpiles chief V. Mandych
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Appointment of Ivan Okhlobystin as Righteous Cause political party supreme council president
Speaker: I. Okhlobystin, Righteous Cause chairman A. Dunayev
Noon Press conference
Subject: 14th FAI World Helicopter Championship
Speakers: FAI-CIG President D. Hamilton and others
Venue: Itar-Tass (2, Tverskoi boulevard)
Phone: 8495-692-1522, 8495-692-6034, 8916-069-3012
Noon. Press conference
Subject: the opening of the Moscow Premiere Russian Film Festival
Speakers: E. Ryazanov, film director, Eldar Club Art Director; V. Shmyrov, Festival’s Art Director and General Director; directors and producers of the competition moves.
Venue: MK Press Center (7 Ulitsa 1905 Goda Street)
Phone/fax: (495) 781-47-12; e-mail: sos@mail.ru
1 p.m. Health Cocktail rally to urge State Duma to toughen rules for sale of low-alcohol drinks in Russia
Organizers: the Mestniye Movement of young political environmentalists
Venue: Karl Marx monument in Revolution Square
Phone: 926-886-20-00, 8-926-010-73-12.
4.30 p.m. Press show of exhibition
Subject: Official and independent art in USSR and Poland in 1945-1989
Venue: Russian museum of crafts (3, Delegatskaya street)
Phone: 8916-674-1169
8:30 p.m. A concert by U.S. band Korn
Venue: Stadium Live (80 Leningradsky Prospekt, bldg. 17)
Basmanny Court to hear an administrative case against opposition activist S. Udaltsov charged with organizing an unauthorized rally outside the Investigative Committee building on August 9.
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: “Coverage of the police preparations for the 2012 Day of Knowledge (September 1) in the town of Podolsk”
Speakers: A. Redkin, police deputy chief for public order maintenance; Y. Filipova, Chief Juvenile Officer at the town police; Maj. O. Yurin, chief public maintenance officers; Maj. A. Morozov, acting traffic police chief.
Venue: 84 Revolutsionny Prospekt, Podolsk
Phone: 925-375-53-36.
6 p.m. Accreditation ends for roundtable
Subject: Information support to energy saving actions
Time: Noon on August 23
Participants: Businessmen
Venue: Moscow House of Teachers (4/2, Pushechnaya street)
Phone: 8962-909-1900, 8915-196-9761
E-mail: shiperova@insiders.ru, bakrenko@insiders.ru
In Russia and worldwide:
Astrakhan,
White Current opposition motor rally
August 21 – September 2: Don Cossacks will mark the 200th anniversary of the 1812 Patriotic War by marching along the path of the 1812 War hero, leader of Don Cossacks M. Platov, from Novocherkassk (Rostov region) to Borodino Field where they will take part in a Battle of Borodino reconstruction.
Yekaterinburg,
August 22-25: Defense and Protection 2012 exhibition
Black Sea,
August 21-23: Trust 2012 naval drills
Baikal region,
The first court hearing in a criminal case against former local senior emergency officer V. Korolkov charged with fraud and bribery.
Ukraine,
Supreme Specialized Court to hear appeal against verdict against ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Yu. Tymoshenko in gas case
Events in Minsk:
The CIS Executive Committee will host a session of the CIS Council of Permanent Ambassadors Plenipotentiary to discuss draft agendas of the forthcoming meetings of the CIS foreign ministers and heads of state in Ashgabat;
The CIS Executive Committee will host an award ceremony for the winners of the 2011 CIS Prize competition for achievements in the field of quality of products and services.
WEDNESDAY, August 22, 2012
In Moscow:
11 a.m. – Press preview of The Borne Legacy film
Venue: the Karo Film OKTYABR movie theater (24 Novy Arbat Street)
Phone: 739-00-75 (ext. 1024, 1012,1018); 8-915-001-84-53; 8-915-241-57-46; 8-919-991-45-26; e-mail: Maria.Kozhevina@nbcuni.com; Anastasia.Ilovayskaya@nbcuni.com; Tatiana.Remneva@nbcuni.com.
3 p.m. A meeting of the working group of the Moscow tripartite commission for social labor relations
Venue: 36/9 Novy Arbat Street
Phone: 633-60-50.
A court to hear a case over a road accident involving the head of the Prophet Elijah Church in Obydensky Pereulok Father Superior Timofei (A.Podobedov).
August 22 – September 23: an exhibition of modern Japanese photography
Title: New Horizons
Venue: Classical Photography Gallery (23 Savvinskaya Naberezhnaya, bldg.1)
Phone: 926-542-33-53; е-mail: gkf.press@gmail.com.
In Russia and worldwide:
Serpukhov (Moscow region),
14th FAI World Helicopter Championship
Ulyanovsk,
A court hearing of a complaint from opposition activist S. Udaltsov against a verdict that found him guilty of beating local student A. Pozdnyakova.
Volgograd region,
August 22-29: Volga 2012 regional youth education forum
Krasnodar,
Interfax-South press conference
Subject: “The specifics of modernization of the main infrastructure facilities in the resort town of Eisk where water supply and disposal systems are more than 100% obsolete.”
Speakers: D. Korolyov, EiskVodokanal General Director; D. Subbotin, EiskVodokanal founder.
Kyiv, Ukraine,
An appellate court to decide on the case of former acting defense minister V. Ivashchenko.
Kyrgyzstan,
Visit by Kazakh President N. Nazarbayev
Moldova,
Visit by German Chancellor A. Merkel
THURSDAY, August 23, 2012
In Moscow:
10 a.m. A meeting of a commission of the Department for Financial Support for SMEs
Venue: Central House of Entrepreneur (47/24 Pokrovka Street, bldg.1)
11 a.m. Press conference
Speaker: V. Lukin, Russian ombudsman
Venue: MK Press Center (7 Ulitsa 1905 Goda)
Phone: (495) 781-47-12; e-mail: sos@mk.ru.
Noon Roundtable
Subject: Information support to energy saving actions
Participants: Businessmen
Venue: Moscow House of Teachers (4/2, Pushechnaya street)
Phone: 8962-909-1900, 8915-196-9761
E-mail: shiperova@insiders.ru, bakrenko@insiders.ru
The Moscow District Federal Arbitration Court to hear complaints against lower court rulings which overturned the Defense Ministry’s order to sell a land plot in the village of Arkhangelskoye, Moscow region.
Court hearings in the case over an unauthorized protest organized by opposition activist S. Udaltsov outside the Khamovnichesky Court building on August 17.
In Russia and worldwide:
Smolensk,
Court hearings in a criminal case against The Other Russia activist T. Osipova sentenced to ten years in prison for illegal drug possession.
Krasnodar,
Interfax-South press conference
Subject: “The development strategy for the Bank of Moscow’s presence in the Krasnodar Territory. An official submission by the new director of the Bank of Moscow office in Krasnodar.”
Speakers: V. Gaponov, the bank’s Krasnodar director; M. Markaryants, the Bank’s Retail Sales Director; M. Kokorin, Bank of Moscow’s Vice President and Corporate Sales Director.
Ulyanovsk,
August 23-25: the MATF-2012 international aviation transport forum under the aegis of the Federation Council
Chairman of the FC Committee for Economic Policy A.Molchanov will present a report on “The development of local and regional air service: regional initiatives”
Belarus,
Parliamentary election
Kyrgyzstan,
Visit by Kazakh President N. Nazarbayev
Norway,
A verdict is due to be delivered in the case of A. Breivik
FRIDAY, August 24, 2012
In Moscow:
6 p.m. Presentation of a book by author and journalist V. Shenderovich
Book title: “Yevroremont”
Venue: Biblio Globus book store (6/3 Myasnitskaya Street, bldg.1)
Phone: 781-19-25 (ext. 3204; 621-63-40).
August 24-25: Moscow International Festival
Title: “Jazz at the Hermitage Garden” (metro station: Pushkinskaya).
Phone: 926-986-17-70.
August 24 – September 2: the 10th Moscow Russian Film Festival
Title: Moscow Premiere
Phone: 916-673-40-14; 8-915-088-73-43; e-mail: olga-shmyrova2008@yandex.ru; zhukovasasha@yandex.ru.
The Arbitration Court of Moscow to hear a lawsuit filed by the Arkhangelskoye State Museum against the Defense Ministry, seeking to overturn the ministry’s order N1606 dated November 28, 2010.
Tverskoi Court to hear a lawsuit filed by former GRU colonel V. Kvachkov asking to compel the Finance Ministry to pay him 50 million rubles in damages for criminal prosecution in the case over assassination attempt against RAO UES chief A. Chubais
In Russia and worldwide:
Ukraine,
Independence Day
Kyiv, Ukraine,
A district administrative court to continue hearing a lawsuit filed by opposition parliamentarians, challenging the legality of Verkhovna Rada Deputy Speaker A. Martynyuk’s actions when putting the language bill for a vote.
Estonia,
August 24-25: the Dovlatov Days.
SATURDAY, August 25, 2012
In Moscow:
10 a.m. A Day with Photo Camera
Venue: Kuzminki Park (10 Kuzminskaya Street)
Phone: 916-679-33-98; (495) 258-45-60; fax: (495) 258-45-61.
Noon. Food Festival organized by the Afisha magazine
Venue: Gorky Park
Brides’ Parade
Venue: Vorobyovy Gory
In Russia and worldwide:
August 25 – September 17: a squadron of Pacific Ocean Fleet’s ships to perform another military historical mission, the Journey of Memory, to visit the places of amphibious assault troops’ disembarkation and hostilities during the Sakhalin Offensive and Kuril landing operation in August 19.
SUNDAY, August 26, 2012
In Moscow:
No announcement yet available
In Russia and worldwide:
Russia and several other CIS countries to mark the Miner’s Day.
Tehran, Iran,
August 26-31: a meeting of the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement.
