INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-WEEK
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The bulletin comes out weekly. This is issue No. 28-2
MONDAY, July 16, 2012
In Moscow:
Meeting
Subject: Restoration after Krymsk flood
Participant: President D. Medvedev
July 16-19: Visit by PACE co-rapporteurs A. Gross, G. Frunda
Events due at Federation Council (26, Ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka; phone: 8495-692-1877, 8495-692-5604, 8495-692-7525, fax: 8495-692-4305; e-mail: 6921877@mail.ru)
10 a.m. Expanded meeting of Federation Council economic policy committee
Subject: Ratification of WTO accession protocol
Participants: Federation Council speaker V. Matviyenko, Economic Development Minister A. Belousov, Federal Tariff Service chief S. Novikov
Noon. A session of the Federation Council Committee for Science, Education and Culture
Participants: Education and Science Minister D. Livanov, committee chairman Z. Dragunkina
11.30 a.m. Press conference
Subject: WBC heavyweight title match between M. Charr and V. Klitschko
Speaker: Boxers M. Charr and V. Klitschko
Venue: Olympiisky sports complex (16/1, Olimpiisky avenue)
Phone: 8495-786-3387
E-mail: pr@olimpik.ru
Noon Press conference
Subject: Settlement in Syria
Speaker: Foreign Minister S. Lavrov
Venue: Foreign Ministry (30/2, Smolenskaya-Sennaya square)
Fax: 8499-244-1766
E-mail: pc.mid@yandex.ru
Noon Press conference
Subject: Rostov region is promising region for investments
Speaker: Rostov region governor V. Golubev
Venue: ITAR-TASS (2, Tverskoy boulevard)
Phone: 8495-629-6403, 8495-692-1522
Noon. Press conference
Subject: the opening of the exhibition “The return of St. Lucas, West European paintings of the 6th-18th centuries from Ukrainian museums”
Venue: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (12, Ul. Volkhonka)
The exhibition is due July 16-September 9
Phone: 8495-697-2214
E-mail press@artsmuseum.ru
Events due at RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard, phone: 8495-645-6472):
Noon Press conference
Speaker: Agriculture Minister N. Fyodorov
Noon Press conference
Subject: Public consultations on candidates for membership in presidential human rights council
Speakers: Presidential human rights council head M. Fedotov, Moscow Helsinki Group head L. Alexeyeva, National Anti-terrorist Committee head K. Kabanov
2 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Economic consequences of Krasnodar territory flood
Participants: Senators
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Human rights protection is democracy’s main goal
Speakers: Members of Russian section of International Society for Human Rights V. Novitsky, S. Belyayev and others
Venue: Independent Press Center (17/9, Prechistenka street)
Phone: 8495-232-2891, 8495-637-3126
E-mail: yakovlevapress@yandex.ru, yakovleva@infolegal.ru
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Business on materiel evidence
Speakers: MP B. Reznik, For Human Rights movement executive director L. Ponomaryov, National Anti-terrorist Committee head K. Kabanov, Transparency International Russia head Ye. Panfilova
Venue: Novaya Gazeta press center (3, Potapovsky side street)
Phone: 8968-765-7497
5 p.m. Events commemorating canonized royal martyrs
The Italian courtyard used as an execution place in Soviet times will be open
Venue: Novospassky Monastery (10, Krestyanskaya Pl.)
Phone: 8916-765-7497
8 p.m. A concert of ZZ Top
Venue: Crocus City Hall (65-66th kilometer of MKAD)
The Moscow City Court will handle the criminal case of former investigator of top priority cases of the Investigative Committee of Russia A. Grivtsov and his accomplices S. Khazernov and S. Kirimov charged with extorting a bribe in the amount of $15 million.
3 p.m. Accreditation ends to an event due on July 18 when Moscow region governor S. Shoigu will visit the Trinity – St. Sergius Laura in Sergiyev Posad where Patriarch Kirill will conduct a liturgy on the birthday of St. Sergius of Radonezh
Phone: 8498-602-1167, 8903-686-5041
E-mail perevalova@quipmo.ru
In Russia and worldwide:
Rostov-on-Don,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Election of commissioner for businessmen rights in Rostov region
Tomsk,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Results of tax services in Tomsk region in H1
Irkutsk,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Opening of youth industrial forum ‘Engineers of Future 2012′
Kyiv (Ukraine),
Press conferences at Interfax
Subjects: Donbass through the eyes of Communists – problems and prospects; ‘Ukraine against Yanukovych’ opposition action
Lviv region (Ukraine),
On July 16-27 Ukrainian-U.S. headquarters exercise Rapid Trident-2012 in the grounds the international center for peacekeeping and security
Odesa (Ukraine),
International film festival
Africa,
Visit by presidential special envoy M. Margelov
Tallinn (Estonia),
A joint session of the Estonian parliamentary committees for EU affairs, constitution and finance to disuses the European stabilization mechanism
TUESDAY, July 17, 2012
In Moscow:
A session of the State Council
Agenda: “the Russian regional authorities’ goals of ensuring sustainable economic growth and higher living standards”
Venue: Kremlin
11 a.m. A diploma awarding ceremony for the graduates of the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI). The ceremony will be led by First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council A. Torshin
Venue: Federation Council (26 Bolshaya Dmitrovka St)
Phone: 692-75-25; 692-56-04; 692-18-77; fax: 8 (495) 692-43-05.
Events due at RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard, phone: 8495-645-6472):
10.45 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Completion of first voyage of Sailing University project
Speaker: Russian Geographic Society office in Arkhangelsk head L. Vasilyev
3 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Krymsk tragedy. First lessons and conclusions
Speakers: Senators V. Tyulpanov, Yu. Kalinin
3 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Kindergartens in Moscow region. Will there be queues?
Speaker: Moscow region education minister L. Antonova
Phone: 8926-219-7979, 8906-716-9627
11 a.m. An open general meeting of participants of the UN Global Compact in Russia
Agenda: the results of the UN conference on sustainable development Rio + 20 and the Corporate Sustainability Forum
Venue: Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (17 Kotelnicheskaya Emb)
Phone: 8 (495) 787-21-99; e-mail: ungcrussia@undp.org.
In Russia and worldwide:
Sverdlovsk region,
Preliminary court hearings in the case against more than 20 suspects charged with a 2011 attack on the village of Sagra in the Sverdlovsk region.
Tyumen,
Interfax-Ural / Tyumen Line press conference
Subject: “The results of the regional court in the first half of 2012″
Speaker: A. Sushinskikh, Chairman of the Tyumen regional court
Tomsk,
Interfax-Siberia press conference
Subject: “In the vanguard of banking technologies. The results of the bank’s operations in Tomsk and the 2012 plans”
Speakers: representatives from the Avangard bank.
Kemerovo,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Social orphanage and measures to support orphan asylums
Novosibirsk,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: H1 results in industrial sector of Novosibirsk region
Baikal Lake,
‘Engineers of Future 2012′ youth industrial forum
Ukraine to hold a state-level celebration of the 195th birthday anniversary of painter I. Aivazovsky.
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Kyiv, Ukraine,
Pechersky District Court to continue hearing a case against ex-interior minister Y. Lutsenko over an illegal deal with the SBU ex-first deputy chief’ former driver D. Davydenko. Lutsenko is expected to be questioned.
Kyiv, Ukraine,
Interfax-Ukraine roundtable
Subject: “Mail services for business: situation in Ukraine”
Attendees: V. Astapenko, Deputy Director of the Kyiv City Directorate of the Ukrainian Post Service; P. Bogdanov, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Post Service; L. Shkurenko, HIPP Ukraine; L. Silantyeva, VPS director; and others.
Odesa, Ukraine,
An international film festival:
2.30 p.m. Press conference
Speakers: the crew of the “Chempiony Iz Podvrotni” film
A UNICEF Special Prize award ceremony
Speakers: actor A. Gorbunov, the head of the UNICEF office in Ukraine Yukie Mokuo; film director A. Seitablayev; producer M. Lopatenok
7 p.m. Film presentation (Ukraine, 2012). Participants: A.Seitablayev, M.Lopatenok, A.Gorbunov, Yukie Mokuo.
Minsk, Belarus,
Events at the CIS Executive Committee:
A session of the Council of the Commonwealth Member States’ Ambassadors to CIS agencies;
July 17-18: a session of a group of experts drafting an Agreement on pensions for prosecution workers and their families and the state insurance for CIS prosecution workers.
The Arab League to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the circumstances surrounding the death of Palestinian leader Y. Arafat.
Africa,
Visit by presidential special envoy M. Margelov
WEDNESDAY, July 18, 2012
In Moscow:
Meeting
Participants: President V. Putin, Turkish Prime Minister R. T. Erdogan
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Results of Federation Council’s spring session
Speaker: Federation Council speaker V. Matviyenko
Venue: Federation Council (26, Bolshaya Dmitrovka street)
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Smart City project by Skolkovo fund
Speakers: Skolkovo fund deputy president O. Alekseyev and others
Venue: Sheraton Palace (19, Pervaya Tverskaya-Yamskaya street)
Phone: 8495-956-9006
E-mail: press@congnitive.ru
Governor of the Moscow region S. Shoigu to visit the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (Sergiev Posad, Moscow region) on the occasion of the recovery of the remains of Sergius of Radonezh and will attend a liturgy performed by Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. Phone: 8 (498) 602-11-67; 8-903-686-50-41; e-mail: perevalova@quipmo.ru.
6 p.m. Accreditation ends for press conference
Subject: Eastern Siberia and Far East as country’s development engine
Time: 11 a.m. on July 19
Speaker: Federation Council deputy speaker S. Shtyrov
Venue: AiF press center (42, Myasnitskaya street)
Phone: 8495-697-9843, 8495-692-1877
Fax: 8495-697-9843
In Russia and worldwide:
St. Petersburg,
A concert by U.S. rock band ZZ Top.
Vladivostok,
The Pacific Fleet’s military court to hold preliminary hearings in the case over the 2008 Nerpa nuclear submarine accident.
Estonian Finance Minister Jurgen Ligi to attend a joint session of parliamentary commissions for EU affairs, constitution and finance. Agenda: the financial crisis in Europe; ratification of the European Stabilization Mechanism.
Odesa, Ukraine
An international film festival:
5 p.m. Press conference by the crew of the GAMER film (directed by Oleg Sentsov, Ukraine, 2011).
5.30 p.m. Press conference of the crew of the TOIKHTOPROISHOVKRIZVOGON film (directed by Mikhaylo Ilyenko, Ukraine, 2011). Speakers: director M. Ilyenko, producers V. Filippov, actor V. Linetsky.
7 p.m. Presentation of the GAMER film
9.30 p.m. Presentation of the TOIKHTOPROISHOVKRIZVOGON film.
THURSDAY, July 19, 2012
In Moscow:
Russian President V. Putin to meet with King Juan Carlos I of Spain who will be in Russia on a working visit at Putin’s invitation. Also, at the Great Kremlin Palace Putin will award the King of Spain with a diploma and an honorary lapel pin of a laureate of the Russian State Award for Outstanding Achievements in Humanitarian Activities.
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Eastern Siberia and Far East as country’s development engine
Speaker: Federation Council deputy speaker S. Shtyrov
Venue: AiF press center (42, Myasnitskaya street)
Phone: 8495-697-9843, 8495-692-1877
Fax: 8495-697-9843
Zamoskvoretsky Court to hear an appeal filed by opposition activist and blogger A. Navalny against a court ruling imposing a fine for disobeying police orders during a May 6 demonstration.
11 a.m. A session of the Moscow Regional Duma (72 Prospekt Mira).
In Russia and worldwide:
Tyumen,
Interfax-Ural / Tyumen Line press conference
Subject: “The socio-economic indicators of the regional development in the first half of 2012″
Speakers: senior regional statistic officials.
Nagorny Karabakh,
Presidential election
FRIDAY, July 20, 2012
In Moscow:
8 p.m. A concert by U.S. jazz musician, guitarist and singer J. Benson
Venue: Olimpiisky Sport Complex (16 Olimpiisky Prospect, building 1).
Tverskoi Court to hear a lawsuit from former head of the Eye Microsurgery Clinic K.Takhchidi who seeks to be reinstated in his job.
Khamovnichesky District Court to hold preliminary hearings into Pussy Riot case on hooliganism charges
Arbitration Court to hear a lawsuit from the Sredniye Torgoviye Ryadi company against the Russian Federation in the person of the Russian Finance Ministry.
Khimki, Moscow region,
A court to hear a libel lawsuit filed by Zenit FC goalkeeper V. Malafeyev against TV commentator D.Guberniyev.
In Russia and worldwide:
St. Petersburg,
A concert by U.S. rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Saransk,
Start of 2012-2013 national soccer championship
Odesa, Ukraine,
An international film festival:
10.30 a.m. A friendly football match between the teams of festival participants and Summer Film School students.
4 p.m. Press conference on “Festival prospects for the new Ukrainian movie”
5 p.m. Press conference on “Ukrainian competition: short-length running time”
9 p.m. Award Ceremonies: Golden Duk Prize – for the best Ukrainian film, FIPRESCI , Don Quixote Prize from the FICC, a prize from the festival’s official sponsor, UDP, a developer, for the best film project. Entrance: free.
9.30 p.m. Screening of the film “Zemlya” (directed by Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukraine, 1930) with participation of the Dakha Brakha band. Entrance: free.
SATURDAY, July 21, 2012
In Moscow:
Noon. Afisha Picnic festival
Venue: Kolomenskoye
Ceremony of seeing Russian national team to London Olympics
In Russia and worldwide:
Odesa, Ukraine,
The closing day of the international film festival:
1 p.m. Press conference of the crew of The Angel’s Share film (directed by Ken Loach, United Kingdom, France, 2012). Speakers: producer Rebecca O’Brien, actors Paul Brannigan, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins.
2 p.m. Press conference on the Ukrainian National Competition. Speakers: members of the National Competition jury and the FIPRESCI jury.
2.30 p.m. Press conference of pitching experts K. Kopylova, V. Ryashin, D. Rudovsky, Y. Yatsura, V. Prikhodko, N. Trynkin, and UDP representative O.Romanyuk.
3 p.m. Press conference of the FICC jury members.
6 p.m. The red carpet ceremony.
7 p.m. The closing ceremony.
8.30 p.m. Press conference. Speakers: V. Tigipko, Festival President; S. Pobedimskiy, deputy chairman of TASkombank; H. Tychina, General Executive Producer of the Ukraine channel; D. Oltarzhevskiy, PR Director at Global Spirits; O. Romanyuk, UDP; A. Plakhov, head of the jury; members of the jury.
9 p.m. Screening of the film “Looking for Eric” (director: Ken Loach, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, 2009). Entrance: free.
SUNDAY, July 22, 2012
In Moscow:
6 p.m. A concert by U.S. rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Venue: Luzhniki (24 Luzhnetskaya Emb., bldg 1)
In Russia and worldwide:
Mykolaiv (Ukraine),
Slavic Commonwealth 2012 drills of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
