INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-WEEK
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The bulletin comes out weekly. This is issue No. 19-2
MONDAY, May 14, 2012
In Moscow:
Noon. An Internet and video conference ahead of the Neva international ecological congress
Subject: “The present and future of the environmental policy in regions”
Venue: Federation Council (26 Bolshaya Dmitrovka)
Phone: 692-75-25; 692-56-04; 692-18-77; fax: 692-43-05.
Events at the State Duma (1 Okhotny Ryad):
10 a.m. A roundtable of the International Affairs Committee
Subject: “On the human rights problems in the EU member states”
Phone: 692-76-24;
1 p.m. A Duma Council session;
2 p.m. a briefing by Just Russia Party faction leader S.Mironov
Phone: 8-916-497-33-81; 8-985-766-53-48;
3 p.m. A roundtable of the Committee for civil, criminal, arbitration and procedural legislation
Subject: “The federal mediation law: a year of application, development prospects for the mediation laws” (at the new building).
Phone: 692-20-03, 692-66-27.
9:30 a.m. Participants of the fifth inter-regional auto rally of the Olympic champions, “Light up the Olympic fire in you!” will hold a Sports Heroes to War Heroes event before the start: a motorcade of 15 vehicles will drive through the central streets of Moscow towards the Alexander Gardens where athletes will lay flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at 11:30 a.m.
Phone: 8-915-307-14-75.
10 a.m. The opening of the 24th international exhibition of telecommunications equipment, control systems, information technologies and communications services (“Svyaz-Expocomm-2012″)
Venue: Expo Center in Krasnaya Presnya (14 Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment)
Attendees: representatives from the Communications Ministry, heads of space firms and satellite communications operators.
10 a.m. The opening of the sixth Russian specialized exhibition in electronics and information technologies for transport and transport communications (Elecontrics-Transport 2012)
Venue: VVTs (pavilion N69)
The event will include a conference on “Monitoring and control systems as a means of raising the efficiency and safety of using commercial and municipal motor vehicles”
Events at the Public Chamber (7 Miusskaya Square, structure 1; phone: 8 (495) 221-83-61):
11 a.m. Hearings
Subject: “The reform of the Federal Penitentiary Service: problems and shortcomings. Possible solutions”
Attendees: A. Kucherena, Chairman of the Commission for Civil Safety and Cooperation with the judiciary and law enforcement system; M. Kannabikh, Public Chamber member and Chairman of the Presidium of the Council of Public Supervisory Commissions; N. Khutorskaya, Russia’s representative to the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture; A. Velichko, deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN); A. Frolov, FSIN deputy chief in the Ryazan region; N. Yefremov, Human Rights Commissioner in the Kursk region; V. Bazunov, head of human rights division in the prison system; and others
Phone: 8-903-198-37-26;
11 a.m. Hearings
Subject: “On the accessibility of the education, cultural and social spheres to physically and mentally impaired people”
Guests: senior officials from Moscow’s Education Department, Social Protection Department and Culture Department, and others;
4 p.m. The launch of a nationwide campaign, “Information Security for All” as part of a month-long campaign to raise public awareness about information security
Organizer: Infoforum, the national information security forum
Participants: A. Moshkov, head of the Bureau of Special Technical Measures at the Russian Interior Ministry; representatives from the Russian Public Chamber, State Duma, Interior Ministry, Rofinmonitoring, the Communications Ministry, the Security Council and others.
Noon. Briefing
Subject: the continuation of the implementation of a program of the Moscow city government of attracting private investment in the restoration of cultural legacy sites
Participants: head of the Moscow city cultural heritage department A. Kibovsky, head of the Moscow property department N. Bocharova and others
Venue: Moscow city property department (2/1 Ul. Karetny Ryad)
Phone: 8495-637-4043, 495-699-0608
E-mail: digm01@mail.ru, press.mkn@gmail.com
Noon. Press conference
Subject: “Let us revive and support the culture of Russia’s small ethnic groups!”
Speakers: V. Matorin, Bolshoi soloist and President of a charitable organization, “Revival of the Culture and Traditions of small Russian towns;” V. Nesterenko, artist and member and Russian Academy of Fine Arts
Venue: The Central House of Journalist (8a Nikitsky Boulevard)
Phone: 691-64-86; 697-18-58; 8-926-533-48-06; 8-905-700-18-96; e-mail: mospress@mail.ru.
2 p.m. A charitable event
Organizer: The Regional Charitable Public Foundation for Supporting Socially Vulnerable Groups, under the auspices of Z.Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts
Venue: the Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery (19 Prechistenka Street)
Phone: (495) 623-20-04; 8-906-770-04-58.
4 p.m. A session of the Public Council of the Center for Public Procedures (Business Against Corruption)
Venue: WTC (12 Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, entrance 7)
Agenda: a number of new requests to the Center and progress reports
Attendees: B. Titov, Co-chairman of Business Against Corruption and Chairman of the Business Russia (Delovaya Rossiya); E. Pamfilova, Co-chairperson of Business Against Corruption and Chairperson of the Presidium of the Russian public movement, “Civil Dignity;” Y. Yakovleva, Co-chairperson of Business Against Corruption and leader of the Business – Solidarity movement; and others
Phone: 8-903-774-97-77; e-mail: pr@deloros.ru.
Moscow City Court’s panel for criminal cases to hold hearings of the complaints filed by the lawyers of the defendant, gravely ill businesswoman N. Gulevich who got a three-year suspended sentence for fraudulently stealing around 600 million rubles.
Simonovsky Court to consider canceling the arrest on the property of late Yukos case defendant V. Aleksanyan.
Nikulinsky Court to start hearing the libel case filed by Russian Audit Chamber chief S. Stepashin against V. Zhirinovsky.
Moscow City Court to hear a cassation complaint against the verdict to businessman A. Kozlov sentenced to five years in prison for fraud.
The launch of the People’s Friendship Open Cup in the Russian language on the Internet at www.igraslov.com
3 p.m. Accreditation closes for a press tour to the FSIN Academy of Law and Administration (Ryazan). A press conference at the Academy. Speaker: M. Buts, head of the Guard and Convoy Directorate. Subject: “The use of satellite global positioning systems for monitoring the movement of special motor vehicles.” The event is due on May 15. Assembly at 7 a.m. at: N14 in Zhitnaya street. Phone: 8 (499) 799-32-72; 8 (495) 982-19-92.
In Russia and worldwide:
St. Petersburg,
May 14-15: Russian forum, “Children’s health: prevention and treatment of social significant diseases. St. Petersburg 2012;”
May 14-18: the annual festival “The Days of Cyprus on the shores of Neva River” organized by the Cyprus Consulate General in St. Petersburg under the auspices of the city administration and the Cyprus tourism organization;
Arbitration Court is expected to hear the bankruptcy case of the Baltic shipyard.
Astrakhan,
Kirovsky District Court to hold another hearing of the case filed by ex-mayoral candidate O. Shein against the city mayoral election results.
Rostov-on-Don,
Kirovsky District Court to issue a verdict in the case over a fatal road accident involving former State Duma deputy D.Ostrovenko.
Perm,
Interfax-Volga press conference
Subject: “Child injury rate on Perm roads in the first four months in 2012″
Speaker: D. Artemenko, Perm’s road traffic police chief
Leninsky District Court to issue a verdict to K. Mrykhin, co-owner of the Khromaya Loshad (Lame Horse) nightclub which burnt down.
Ufa,
Interfax-Volga press conference
Subject: “The military commissariat is authorized to inform where conscripts from Bashkiria will serve”
Speakers: A. Baltinsky, Bashkiria’s military commissar; R. Ziangirov, Chairman of the military medical commission of the republic’s army recruitment office.
Yekaterinburg,
The first inspection visit by representatives from FIFA and the Russia-2018 organizing committee in relation to the possible hosting of a world football championship;
Interfax-Ural press conference
Subject: “The Single State Exam in the Sverdlovsk region: a record-breaking number of public observers will monitor the exams. 99% of them are parents”
Speaker: I. Petrushina, head of the division for organizing certifying processes at the Sverdlovsk Ministry of General and Professional Education. The press conference will be broadcast online at http://213.242.250.20/ on the basis of a Vidicor Ltd software.
Tomsk,
Interfax-Siberia press conferences:
Subject: “The opening in Tomsk of the Days of Slavic Literature and Culture. The Tomsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church launches the first Orthodox radio in Siberia.” Speakers: A. Kuzichkin, head of the Tomsk region culture department; Archbishop Rostislav of Tomsk and Asino; Rev. Mark, editor-in-chief of the Tomsky Blagovest radio;
Subject: “The construction of the Pushkinskaya junction.” Speaker: A. Safronov, head of the Construction Department at the Tomsk city administration.
The press conferences will be broadcast online at http://www.tomline.ru/
Estonia,
May 14-25: the Open Spirit international naval exercise.
Ukraine,
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine J. Tefft is expected to meet with the jailed Y. Tymoshenko.
Brussels, Belgium,
A EU Foreign Affairs Council to discuss strategic aspects of the EU-Russia relations ahead of the EU-Russia summit due to be held in Strelnya, near St. Petersburg, on June 3-4.
Paris, France,
May 14-16: the new cities’ summit “Thinking ahead, building together”
Russia will be represented by a delegation from the Skolkovo Fund.
Vienna, Austria,
May 13-14: talks between Tehran and the IAEA on Iran’s nuclear program.
TUESDAY, May 15, 2012
In Moscow:
A CSTO summit on the occasion of the 20th anniversary since the agreement signing and the tenth anniversary of the organization’s foundation, and an informal CIS summit.
11 a.m. A session of the governmental commission for developing and implementing anti-drug programs to protect Russia’s interests in Central Asia, chaired by Director of the Federal Drug Control Agency V. Ivanov
Venue: the Government House (2 Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment)
Agenda: setting up a corporation for cooperation with the Central Asian countries
Attendees: representatives from the Russian Foreign, Finance, Economic Ministries and others
After the session Ivanov will speak to the press
Phone: (495) 983-53-60, 983-53-72; 8 (495) 605-46-38.
A meeting between Russian Children’s Rights Commission P. Astakhov and Moscow Mayor S. Sobyanin. Agenda: the state of children’s rights protection in the region.
3 p.m. A working conference conducted by Y. Solonin, first deputy chairman of the FC Committee for Science, Education and Information Policy
Subject: “The higher school ahead of the new admission: problems and legal and organizational solutions”
Attendees: representatives from the Russian Ministry of Science and Education; Rosobrnadzor, university rectors, experts and others.
Venue: Federation Council (26 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street)
Phone: 692-75-25; 692-56-04; 692-18-77; факс: 692-43-05.
First reading of the defense procurement bill
Venue: State Duma (1 Okhotny Ryad).
9 a.m. A conference led by G. Onishchenko
Subject: “Preparations for the 2012 summer health campaign”
Venue: Rospotrebandzor (18 Vadkovsky Pereulok, structures 5 and 7)
9:30 a.m. The start of the fifth inter-regional motor rally of Olympic champions “Light the Olympic fire in you!”
Starting point: the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sports, Youth and Tourism (4 Sirenevy Boulevard)
Attendees: senior officials from the Sports and Tourism Ministry, the Russian Olympic Committee, the Moscow Sports Committee and reporters
Phone: 8 (495) 961-31-11 (ext. 2070); 8-967-152-81-78; e-mail: info@sportedu.ru.
10 a.m. an international conference
Title: “NATO: myths and reality. Lessons for Russia and the world”
Venue: Marriott Aurora (11 Petrovka Street)
MEP P. Arlacchi, who is also Executive Director of the UN international anti-drug program, will present a report on the U.S. and NATO drug policy: goals and results. Also, Professor P. Scott of the University of California in Berkeley will present his book, “Drugs, oil and war: the United States in Afghanistan, Colombia and Indochina”
Phone: (985) 233-74-55.
11 a.m. The opening of the Education Without Borders week of the SCO member states
Venue: the Izmailov Hotel Complex (71 Izmailovskoye Shosse)
Attendees: coordinator universities, representatives from education management organizations from the SCO countries and members of the SCO working group for cooperation on education
Phone: (495) 629-53-27; e-mail press@mon.gov.ru.
Noon. WWF to present its chief international report, Living Planet, on the Earth’s health condition
Venue: RIA Novosti (4 Zubovsky Boulevard)
Speakers: F. Yurchikhin, pilot and cosmonaut; I. Chestin, Director of WWF Russia; Prof. S. Bobylev from the Chair of Economics and Nature Management at the Moscow State Lomonosov University.
Phone: 8 (495) 727-09-39, 8-903-273-60-79.
Events at the Independent Press Center (17/9 Prechistenka Street; phone: 232-28-91; 637-31-26; e-mail: yakovlevapress@yandex.ru; yakovleva@infolegal.ru):
Noon. Roundtable
Subject “Should the Russian Orthodox Church respect atheists’ feelings?”
Attendees: D. Agranovsky, lawyer, Communist, atheist; Hegument Sergiy (Rybko); K. Frolov, head of Orthodox Action Corporation; A. Piontkovsky, Russian political analyst, journalist; and others;
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: “How is Russia marking another Day of Pacifist and Pacifism?”
Speakers: S. Sorokin, consultant for military service dodgers and member of Moscow Helsinki Group; A. Kasitsky, army dodger since 2006, a chemistry teacher who was charged with dodging army draft in 2009; and others.
3 p.m. Press preview of Russia’s first retrospective graphic exhibition of Swiss artist H.R. Giger who wan an Oscar for the Best Visual Effect for Ridley Scott’s film, “Alien”
Venue: Moscow Planetarium (5 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street, structure 1)
E-mail: press@planetarium-moscow.ru.
6 p.m. A citizens’ assembly in support of the family, Motherland and faith
Organizer: the Association of Parents Committees and Communities, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Essence of Time movement and others
Participants: Archpriest V. Chaplin, head of the Russian Orthodox Church Synodal Department for Church and Society relations; S. Kurginyan, Essence of Time leader; I. Medvedeva, Director of the Public Institute for Demographic Security, board member at the Russian Children’s Foundation, member of the Russian Writers Union; and others
Venue: Pushkinskaya Square (Pushkinskaya subway station)
Phone: 8-985-182-98-98; 8-967-048-37-23.
Moscow district military court to hear a criminal case against former chef army medic A. Belevitin and his deputy A. Nikitin, both charged with abuse of office and taking a massive bribe.
10 a.m. A session of the Moscow regional government (Krasnogorsk).
Moscow Metro turns 77.
A press tour to the FSIN Academy of Law and Administration (Ryazan). A press conference at the Academy. Speaker: M. Buts, head of the Guard and Convoy Directorate. Subject: “The use of satellite global positioning systems for monitoring the movement of special motor vehicles.” The event is due on May 15. Assembly at 7 a.m. at: N14 in Zhitnaya street. Phone: 8 (499) 799-32-72; 8 (495) 982-19-92.
6 p.m. Accreditation closes for the 57th Congress of the Federalist Union of European Nationalists (FUEN) due to be held in Moscow on May 16-20. The official opening will take place at the Russian-German House (5 Malaya Pirogovskaya) at 9:30 a.m. chief of the presidential administration S. Ivanov is expected to make an opening speech. Phone: 8-926-910-13-76; e-mail: pr-kultur@ivdk.ru.
In Russia and worldwide:
One Day – One Planet
Organizers: the Russian Public Chamber
On this day people across the world will photograph what they believe is most important and interesting to capture this moment for future generations.
Nizhny Novgorod,
Leninsky District Court to hear a criminal case against A. Moskvin who made dolls using dead bodies.
St. Petersburg,
An extraordinary session of the CIS Coordination Council of Prosecutors General
Attendee: Y. Chaika, Russian Prosecutor General
Krasnodar,
Interfax-South press conference
Subject: “The results of the exhibition and wine competition, “Vinorus. Vinotekh.” The situation in the industry, forecast for the 2012 crop”
Speakers: O. Tolmachyov, head of the Krasnodar Territory Directorate for Viniculture, Wine Industry and Horticulture; V. Mdivani, President of the Association of Viniculturists; N. Pinchuk, chief winemaker at Lefkadia; P. Romanishin, Fanagoria General Director.
Tambov,
The garrison military court to hear a case against former base commander A. Slobodyan responsible for the fire at the base in September 2009, which killed six people.
Tyumen,
An offsite meeting of the Federation Council Speaker’s council of Arctic and Antarctic experts. The meeting will be chaired by A. Chilingarov, member of the FC International Affairs Committee and chairman of the experts’ council;
Interfax-Ural / Tyumen Line joint press conference
Subject: “The Tyumen regional police response to public complaints”
Speakers: senior regional police officials
Kemerovo,
Interfax-Siberia press conference
Subject: “Control over the labor rights of underage Kuzbass workers”
Speakers: N. Zukhbaya, deputy head of the State Labor Inspectorate in the Kemerovo region; A. Govorkova, head of the State Inspectorate division of public service and analysis; M. Latysheva, head of the Kemerovo city division for oversight and control.
Ukraine,
May 15 – July 15: the Open Skies regime will be in place for non-regular flights by foreign airlines.
Kyiv, Ukraine,
The Appellate Court to hear a complaint against a verdict by the Pechersky District Court, sentencing ex-interior minister Y. Lutsenko to four years of imprisonment;
The Highest Specialized Court for civil and criminal cases to hear a defense complaint against the verdict to Y. Tymoshenko in the gas case;
Presentation of the EU report on Ukraine’s compliance with the EU-Ukraine association agenda in 2011.
Minsk, Belarus,
The CIS Executive Committee to hold an international conference
Subject: “Border cooperation turns 20. On the cooperation between border agencies and international and regional organizations, aimed at boosting border security”
France,
The presidential inauguration of F. Hollande.
A group of U.S. and French specialists finish an observation flight over Russia on board U.S. aircraft OS-135B under the Open Skies Treaty.
Brussels, Belgium
A session of the EU-Ukraine Council.
WEDNESDAY, May 16, 2012
In Moscow:
A session of the council of experts under Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner P. Astakhov
Agenda: the Russia Without Orphans federal target program
Attendees: representatives from the Justice, Foreign, Emergencies, Interior Ministries, the Federal Drug Control Agency, and others.
Government hour at the State Duma
Speaker: head of the Russian Central bank S. Ignatyev
Venue: 1 Okhotny Ryad.
11 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: “Economic crimes and the law. The latest changes in investigating certain categories of criminal economic cases”
Attendees: V. Vasilyev, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Security and Combating Corruption; Y. Vasilyev, head of the Economic Crime Unit in Moscow; N. Timoshin, Russian Supreme court; and others
Venue: RIA Novosti (4 Zubovsky Boulevard)
Phone: 637-50-19; 645-64-72.
Events at ITAR-TASS (2 Tverskoi Boulevard, phone: (495) 692-15-22)
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: “Preparations for and conduct of the European sambo championship in Moscow. Prospects for the Russian national team’s performance”
Speakers: S. Yeliseyev, President of the European and Russian Sambo Federation; A. Vorobyov, head of the Moscow Sports Department; D. Troshkin, head coach of the Russia sambo team; S. Baidakov, President of the Moscow Sambo Federation; and others
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: the second international singers’ competition on the occasion of the 70th birthday anniversary of Muslim Magomayev, due to be held in Moscow on October 20-21
Speakers: T. Sinyavskaya, President of the Foundation and chairperson of the competition jury; A. Agalarov, the founder of the M.Magomayev Foundation of Cultural and Musical Heritage, ZAO Crocus President; D. Bertman, Gelikon Opera Theater’s Art Director.
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: “Control over the TB and HIV infection during the reform of the prison medical system”
Speakers: S. Baryshev, chief medical officer in the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service; D. Mukhamadiyev, head of the regional representative office of the IFRC; A. Tikhonov, deputy head of the chief medical officer in the Penitentiary Service; V. Punga, deputy head of epidemiology, TB statistics and IT at the Central Tuberculosis Research Institute; and others
Venue: the Central House of Journalist (8a Nikitsky Boulevard)
Phone: (495) 697-28-12; 8 (495) 691-09-87; 8-916-644-62-39; e-mail: domjour@bk.ru, e.papul@mail.ru.
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: “The world near barrier. Ten years of resistance to the new world order”
Speakers: S. Baburin, politician, rector of the Russian State Trade and Economic University; State Duma member V. Tetekin; I. Shamir, columnist; I. Yatsenko, member of the European Peace Forum; and others
Venue: Independent Press Center (17/9 Prechistenka St)
Phone: 232-28-91; 637-31-26; e-mail: yakovlevapress@yandex.ru; yakovleva@infolegal.ru.
5 p.m. Press preview of artist V. Goryayev’s exhibition, “Vitaly Goryayev: the Artist and the War”
Venue: the central exhibition hall at New Manezh (3 Georgiyevsky Pereulok St)
The exhibition opens at 6 p.m.
Phone: 8-916-674-11-69; 8-915-163-33-60; e-mail: Valery94@gmail.com.
Khamovnki District Court to consider investigators’ request to extend the custody period of world sambo champion R. Mirzayev who killed 19-year-old I. Agafonov.
A justice of the peace court to hear a case (Article 116 part one of the Russian Penal Code (battery) brought by blogger M. Perevalov against PARNAS co-chairman B. Nemtsov.
The Ninth Arbitration Appellate Court to hear complaints against the Moscow Arbitration Court which ruled against the validity of the Russian Defense Ministry order to sell a land plot in the village of Arkhangelskoye (Moscow region).
Moscow Arbitration Court to hold the main hearing in the business reputation case filed by Auchan against News Media (the founder of the Life News portal).
May 16 – 18: the fourth charitable event, “Let us help prepare for the school graduation ball!” Venue: the Universal Exhibition Hall (36/9 Novy Arbat Street)
Attendees: L. Shvetsova, deputy State Duma Speaker; V. Petrosyan, head of the Moscow Social Protection Department; V. Yudashkin, fashion designer.
Phone: (495) 623-20-04; 8-906-770-04-58, 8-903-681-27-51.
May 16 – September 30: the Moscow Kremlin to extend the opening hours.
May 16-17: the first Russian-Asian forum, rASiA.com. More details at www.rasia.com E-mail: ivanova-sofya@yandex.ru.
May 16 – June 12: the Moscow road traffic police (GIBDD) to hold a Hello, Summer event as part of efforts to prevent children’s injuries on the roads
Phone: 624-47-46.
In Russia and worldwide:
St. Petersburg,
Federation Council Speaker V. Matviyenko to hold a meeting of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Council at the Tauride Palace;
An international youth legal forum of the Russian Lawyers’ Association
Subject: “The legal profession in modern-day Russia”
Attendees: P. Krasheninnikov, President of the Association, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation; V. Yakovlev, Co-president of the Russian Lawyers Association, presidential advisor; A. Konovalov, member of the Lawyers Association presidium and Russian Justice Minister; and others;
May 16-19: Russian Children’s Ombudsman P. Astakhov to attend an international legal forum. Astakhov is to hold a roundtable, “Children and law: the status and prospects for the legal education of minors in Russia” as part of the 2012 Legal Forum (May 17, 2012).
Nizhny Novgorod,
A district court to continue hearing a case against Antifa-Rash activists charged with crimes motivated by ideological hatred.
Ulyanovsk,
A Leninsky District justice of the peace court to hear a claim filed by local student A. Pozdnyakov, who accused Left Front leader S. Udalstov of assaulting her.
Tyumen,
Interfax-Ural / Tyumen Line press conference
Subject: “The night of museums in Tyumen”
Speaker: P. Golovin, Director of the Tyumen Slovtsov Museum Complex
The closing day of the Pomor-2012 Russian-Norwegian naval exercise in the Barents and Norwegian Seas.
Minsk, Belarus,
May 16-17: a session of a group of experts drafting a CIS Plan of Priorities in humanitarian cooperation in 2013-2014.
THURSDAY, May 17, 2012
In Moscow:
An expanded session of the Human Rights Council
Agenda: taking stock of the four-year work under third Russian president D. Medvedev.
May 17-18: a session of the CIS Council for Railway Transport.
9:30 a.m. The official opening of the 57th Congress of the Federalist Union of European Nationalities (FUEN)
Venue; the Russian-German House (5 Malaya Pirogovskaya Street)
Chief of the Russian presidential administration S. Ivanov is expected to make an opening speech
Phone: 926-910-13-76; e-mail: pr-kultur@ivdk.ru.
Events at the Public Chamber (7 Miusskaya Square, structure 1; phone: (495) 221-83-61):
11 a.m. Public hearings
Subject: “Pilot training as the biggest problem in Russia’s military and civil aviation”
Organizer: the commission for national security and socio-economic conditions of army officers, families and veterans
Guests: federal officials in charge of aviation, civil and military aviation schools, prosecutors, and others;
11 a.m. Hearings
Subject: “The specifics of applying the anti-extremist laws to the holy scriptures of religious organizations”
Organizer: the Institute for Monitoring the Efficiency of Law Enforcement, the commission for inter-ethnic relations and the freedom of conscience;
11 a.m. Hearings
Subject: possible launch of a new commemorative date, the Day of Commemorating the Victims of Nazism and collaborationism
Attendees: N. Svanidze, Chairman of the PC Commission for inter-ethnic relations and the freedom of conscience; I. Diskin, Chairman of the PC Commission for Civil Society and Liaising with regional public chambers.
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: “The Big Difference Festival in Odessa 2012: how will it happen? The start of castings in regions and changes in the event format”
Speakers: I. Urgant, TV host, actor, musician; A. Tsekalo, TV host, actor, producer; M. Zykova, actress, TV host; R. Sorokin, Big Difference Project Producer;
Venue: Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House (1/23 Stary-Petrovsko-Razumovsky Proyezd) Phone: (495) 786-67-88; 665-75-31; 637-64-82.
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: “The abnormal heat is coming to Moscow: how to protect yourself against overheating and dehydration?”
Speakers: a representative from the St. Carlos clinic hospital at Complutense University of Madrid; a toxicology professor from the Gazi University in Ankara; representatives from the Russian Food Institute; and others
Venue: AIF Press Center (42 Myasnitskaya Street)
Phone: (495) 625-21-48; 623-94-32.
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: the second world congress on the consensus in pediatrics and child’s health, which opens on the same day
Venue: Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre Hotel (31a Leningradsky Prospekt, structure 1) Attendees: scientists and leading experts in various fields of pediatrics from Russia, Europe, America, Asia, Australia, the CIS, heads of international public pediatric organizations. Website: http://www.cipediatrics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28&Itemid=40 Phone: 8-926-608-68-88, 8 (495) 660-60-04, 8-916-363-55-90.
2 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: “Problems in the housing and utilities sector”
Attendees: S. Nikitin, Chairman of the Committee for civil rights, Moscow Duma deputy; S. Selivankin, co-chairman of the Committee; L. Surkova, head of the Committee’s office in Moscow’s Northern Administrative District; T. Ovcharenko, head of the Moscow School of Active Citizen
Venue: the Independent Press Center (17/9 Prechistenka St.)
Phone: 232-28-91; 637-31-26; e-mail: yakovlevapress@yandex.ru; yakovleva@infolegal.ru.
6 p.m. Press conference
Subject: a new project, “Art Park. The territory of cultural movement”
Venue: the Flakon design factory (36 Bolshaya Novodmitrovskaya)
Phone: 926-324-07-77; e-mail: pasha@flacon.ru.
Nikulinsky Court to hear lawsuits against former Duma deputies R. Antonov (United Russia) and O. Bobrovskaya (United Russia), filed by the Russian Presidential Property Management Department, demanding that the former MPs vacate the government apartments.
A session of the Moscow regional duma.
The start of the first tour of the international G. Vishnevskaya competition of opera singers.
The annual conference “Factoring in Russia”
Venue: Swissotel Krasnye Holmy Hotel (52 Kosmodamianskaya Embankment, structure 6) Attendees: representatives from federal and regional factoring companies, Russian authorities, financial, insurance and consulting firms (strategic banking consulting, IT consulting).
Phone: (495) 225-34-44.
May 17-18: the international conference, “Shelf development in Russia and the CIS 2012″
Venue: Baltschug Kempinski Hotel (1 Baltschug St)
Phone: (495) 502-54-33; 778-93-32.
May 17-18: a banking forum, “Debtors’ bankruptcy 2012: How to protect your financial interests while participating at various stages of the debtor’s bankruptcy procedure?”
Venue: Marriott Tverskaya Hotel (34 Pervaya Tverskaya Yamskaya St)
Attendees: O. Zaitsev, leading advisor on private law at the Russian Supreme Court; P. Gubin, Sberbank; A. Kulikov, Transcapitalbank; and others
Phone: (495) 778-75-17.
May 17-18: Treasurers’ Forum 2012
Attendees: representatives from the European Association of Corporate Treasurers, Rolf Holding; N. Altukhov, Aeroflot’s Financial Director; and others
Venue: Ararat Park Hayatt Hotel (4 Neglinnaya St)
Phone: +44 208 540 0065; e-mail: info@ worldwide-expert.co.uk.
11 a.m. The opening of the fifth international helicopter industry fair HeliRussia 2012
Venue: Crocus Expo (Krasnogorsk)
Phone: 916-762-20-43.
Noon. An offsite meeting of the Russian Coca-Cola Olympic team’s press center, including head coach for synchronous swimming T. Pokrovskaya and Olympic team female athletes
Venue: the Ozero Krugloye sports base (Dmitrovsky district, Moscow region)
The bus for the press will depart from the Russian Olympic Committee building (N8 Luzhnetskaya Embankment) at 10 a.m. Phone: 725-45-76; 8-915-350-38-94; e-mail: smirnova@roc.ru.
In Russia and worldwide:
St. Petersburg,
A plenary session of the CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly at the Tauride Palace, chaired by Federation Council Speaker V. Matviyenko;
May 17-18: the fifth Neva international ecological congress
Attendees: V. Matviyenko.
Kazan,
Vakhitovski District Court to head a lawsuit filed by the city’s prosecutors against violations at detention facilities at three police stations.
Ufa,
An international forum, Great Chemistry
Attendees: executives from the chemical and petrochemical industry; heads of Russian and international companies, government officials from the Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, ministers and senior officials from Russia’s major industrial regions; and others.
Cannes, France,
The opening of the Russian pavilion at the international film festival.
FRIDAY, May 18, 2012
In Moscow:
Russian PM D. Medvedev to attend the G8 summit in Camp David (U.S.)
The state Duma is to consider amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses, allowed to increase the fine of riots during demonstrations up to 1.5 million rubles.
11 a.m. An additional changing of the guard ceremony of the Presidential Regiment at Sobornaya Square in the Kremlin.
Nikulinsky Court to hear a lawsuit against former Duma member G. Lazarev (United Russia), filed by the Russian Presidential Property Management Department, demanding that the former MP vacate the government apartment.
Free entrance to Moscow museums as part of the Day of Historical and Cultural Heritage.
May 18-31: New Stage Productions in Moscow
All premiers of the Moscow theaters in the 2011-2012 season.
May 18-19: the Russian public forum of medical workers
Phone 916-615-25-59; 8-903-552-78-94; e-mail: ngzoloto@gmail.com; kat-pr@yandex.ru.
The opening of the international photo exhibition World Press Photo 2012
Venue: the Vetoshny Art Center (13 Vetoshny Pereulok St).
5 p.m. Accreditation closes for the Benois de la danse – 2012 festival due to be held at the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theater on May 22-23 (1 Teatralnaya Square), and a press event on May 21. Phone: 788-37-67; 788-37-29; e-mail: vystavkina@mkrf.ru; uvarova@mkrf.ru.
In Russia and worldwide:
Chelyabinsk,
A regional court to start hearing the case filed by five residents and a local environmental organization against Sukhoi 24 flights over the city.
Kyiv, Ukraine,
Pechersky district court to continue hearing the criminal case against ex-interior minister Y. Lutsenko charged with ordering illegal spying on the chauffeur of the first deputy head of the Security Council of Ukraine.
Minsk, Belarus,
The CIS Executive Committee to hold a session of the Council of CIS Permanent Representatives to CIS organizations.
SATURDAY, May 19, 2012
In Moscow:
The 3D in the Park festival
Venue: Babushkinsky Park
Artists will draw 3D graffiti on the asphalt
Phone 916-278-00-82; e-mail 3dvparke@gmail.com.
Night at Museum at Moscow museums
In Russia and worldwide:
Kostroma,
May 19-20: a conference, “Developing the EU-Russia economic partnership amid globalization: energy, environment, financial markets”
Attendees: B-W. P. Friedrich, German Minister of Federal, European and International Affairs of the Federal Land; A. Zverev, Russia’s trade representative to German; A. Rybakov, Vice President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and others.
SUNDAY, May 20, 2012
In Moscow:
The closing day of the 57th Congress of the FUEN.
The start of an international running marathon against stroke
Venue: the Luzhniki Sports Complex (24 Luzhnetskaya Embankment)
Phone: (499) 251-97-84; e-mail: egrekhova@360sca.ru.
In Russia and worldwide:
Chicago, United States,
May 20-21: a NATO summit.
