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The bulletin comes out weekly. This is issue No. 39-2
MONDAY, October 3, 2011
In Moscow:
October 3 – 4: Visit by OSCE Secretary General L. Zannier
Visit by Indian Defense Minister A. K. Antony
Events due at Federation Council (26, Ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, phone: 8495-692-1877, 8495-692-5604, 8495-692-7525):
Noon. Meeting
Participants: Federation Council deputy speaker I. Umakhanov, Omani Ambassador to Russia M. Al Khasan
3 p.m. International conference
Subject: Space research in CIS: integration, development potential and legal aspect
Participants: Federation Council speaker V. Matviyenko, Communications Minister I. Schegolev
Events due at State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad):
10.30 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: Topical issues of improving legal regulation of law enforcers’ activity to combat corruption
Organizer: State Duma Security Committee
Phone: 8495-692-4245, 8495-692-8920
Noon. State Duma Council session
2 p.m. Parliamentary hearings
Subject: Bill on support to youth and children public organizations
Organizer: State Duma Youth Affairs Committee
Phone: 8495-692-9357
2.30 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Russian people in Russia: status, problems, and prospects
Organizer: Communist Party
Phone: 8495-692-4154
10 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Results of 2011 harvesting campaign. Achievements and problems in agriculture
Speaker: Russian Grain Union president A. Zlochevsky
Venue: AiF press center (42, Myasnitskaya street)
Phone: 8495-625-2148, 8495-623-9432
Noon Press conference
Subject: Work of regional and international standardization. Important events in work of ISO and IEC
Speaker: Rosstandart chief G. Elkin
Venue: MK press center (7, Ulitsa 1905 Goda street)
Phone: 8499-256-6110
E-mail: sos@mk.ru
Noon. Briefing
Subject: Results of nominating candidates for State Duma election
Speakers: Civil Control association for protection of electoral rights executives
Venue: Independent Press Center (17/9, Prechistenka street)
Phone: 8495-232-2891, 8495-637-3126
E-mail: yakovlevapress@yandex.ru, yakovleva@infolegal.ru
2:30 p.m. News conference.
Subject: How can a landsite be sold and the realtor locked behind bars?
Speakers: Convict D.Zaslavsky’s wife and defense lawyer.
Venue: Independent Press Center (17/9, Prechistenka street)
Phone: 8495-232-2891, 8495-637-3126
E-mail: yakovlevapress@yandex.ru, yakovleva@infolegal.ru
Noon. Press conference
Subject: How many students does Russia need? Should one limit number of budget students?
Speaker: Higher School of Economics rector Ya. Kuzminov
Venue: Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house (1/23, Stary Petrovsko-Razumovsky passage)
Phone: 8495-786-6788, 8495-665-7531, 8495-637-6482
News conference.
Subject: The opening of a new modern art center, Platforma.
Speakers: Culture Minister A.Avdeyev, Platforma artistic director K.Serebrennikov.
Venue: Vinzavod modern arts center.
Tel.: 8-915-465-8009; e-mail: press.platform@gmail.com
Events due at RIA Novosti, 4 Zubovsky Bulvar
1 p.m. Video conference
Subject: Results of NATO-Russia Council meeting at level of ambassadors, results of visit to Lisbon
Speaker: Russia’s presidential envoy to NATO, presidential special representative for missile defense issues D. Rogozin
Venue: RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard)
Phone: 8495-637-5019, 8495-645-6472
3 p.m. News conference.
Subject: The Interior Ministry’s switch to online services from October 1 2011.
Speaker: the chief of the ministry’s Department for Information Technology, Communications and Protection of Information Lt. Gen. Mikhail Tyurkin.
1.30 p.m. Solemn ceremony
Subject: Awarding of Yasnaya Polyana literature prize for 2011
Participants: Director of L. Tolstoi museum in Yasnaya Polyana, journalist V. Tolstoi and others
Venue: Bolshoi theater (Kopiyevsky side street)
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Rating of fundamental efficiency of 100 leading companies and 3,500 enterprises in Russia
Speakers: Federal Natural Resources Oversight Service (Rosprirodnadzor) Director V. Kirillov, Rosprirodnadzor’s public council chairman A. Malyshevsky, Interfax environmental and energy rating agency director A. Martynov
Venue: Interfax (2, Pervaya Tverskaya-Yamskaya street)
Phone: 8499-250-8832
3 p.m. Conference.
Subjects: The Communist Party’s election list; registration of the Communist Party’s representatives; the opening of the Communist Party’s special election account.
Press briefing after the conference.
Speaker: Central Election Commission Secretary N. Konkin.
Venue: Central Election Commission headquarters.
Address: 9 Bolshoi Cherkassky Pereulok.
Tel.: 606-1325, 625-0789.
4 p.m. Meeting
Participants: U.S. scientist, writer W. Engdahl, public figures, experts
Venue: Public Chamber (7/1, Miusskaya square)
Phone: 8495-221-8361
4 p.m. Lecture
Speaker: Catholic University of Leuven professor J.-F. Tisse
Venue: Higher School of Economics (20, Myasnitskaya street)
Phone: 8495-621-7873, 8495-628-5598
4 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Reorganization of Gneiss music college
Speakers: Teachers, graduates
Venue: Central House of Journalists (8a, Nikitsky boulevard)
Phone: 8495-697-2812, 8916-644-6239
4.30 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Meeting of working group on education, culture, sport and media of Russian-U.S. presidential commission
Speakers: Presidential envoy for cultural cooperation M. Shvydkoi, U.S. acting Under Secretary of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs A. Stock
Venue: Itar-Tass (2, Tverskoi boulevard)
Phone: 8495-629-6403, 8495-629-6034
7 p.m. A concert as part of Senior Citizens Day
Subject: Connection of generations
Venue: Teatr Estrady (20/2, Bersenevskaya embankment)
Phone: 8906-715-1904, 8903-796-4253
E-mail: rme84@mail.ru, tbn@tbn-russia.tv, soloviova@yandex.ru
7 p.m. Opening of the Day of Palestinian Culture festival.
Venue: Maly Theater’s smaller stage.
Address: 69 Bolshaya Ordynka..
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court to hold preliminary hearings into ex-Moscow Mayor Yu. Luzhkov libel suit against Ekho Moskvy radio station and businessman A. Lebedev
Moscow’s Presnensky Court will hear a suit filed by founder of cosmonautics Tsiolkovsky’s great grandson S.Samburov, against the Russian government, seeking the recognition of his rights to own his great grandfather’s manuscripts.
The Moscow City Court will hear the murder case of Spartak fan Ye. Sviridov;
A suit seeking the rehabilitation of A.Yermilov, an ex-suspect in the abduction case by former employees of Euroset company.
The federal Anti-Monopoly Service starts hearing the criminal case against Rosaviatsia on counts of violating the rules of organizing a tender for aviation equipment.
In Russia and worldwide:
Rostov-on-Don,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Peculiarities of 2011 autumn draft in Rostov region
The Stavropol territorial court hears the case of Ch. Rustamov, accused of carrying out a terror attack in central Stavropol in May 2010.
The Krasnodar territorial court announces the results of a
forensic examination in the case of former Sochi policeman I.Galkin, accused of carrying out a series of explosions in Sochi in 2008-09.
Yekaterinburg,
Press conferences at Interfax
Subject: Prospects for developing small and medium-size businesses in Sverdlovsk region
Subject: Urals Pharmaceutical Cluster sign accord to produce German pharmaceuticals in Sverdlovsk region
Subject: Results of meeting of state anti-drug committee: new forms of work with youths, Agriculture Ministry’s initiative to grow hemp
St.Petersburg
A memorial service at the St.Nchoals Naval Church for the crew of the K-219 nuclear submarine, who died in an accident in 1986 off U.S. coast.
The 8th Spartakiade of the CIS armies is opened.
October 3-4.
Conference.
Subject: Cadastre activities, changes in the Land Code.
Ukraine,
Kyiv,
Pechersky District Court to continue hearing the case against ex-Interior Ministry officer A. Pukach, charged with murdering journalist G. Gongadze
Babiy Yar,
Flower laying ceremony
Subject: Mass executions in 1941
2 p.m. News conference.
Subject: Russian-Ukrainian relations.
Venue: Interfax press center.
Dushanbe
Court hearings of the case of Nuri Zindagi newspaper reporter M. Ismoilov, accused of slanders, insults, inciting ethnic, racial and religious hatred, and extortion.
Geneva (Switzerland),
October 3 – 4: 17th round of discussions on security in South Caucasus
Luxembourg.
October 3-4.
An EU ministerial meeting.
Strasbourg (France),
Opening of PACE autumn session.
October 3. Yulia Tymoshenko’s daughter invited to attend the session at which Ukraine Foreign Minister K. Hryshchenko will speak. The situation in Ukraine will be discussed.
Brussels.
October 3-4. International conference.
Subject: A single energy platform as the guarantee of Europe’s safe future. Russia-EU partnership dialogue.
Speaker: Vice Chairman of the State Duma’s Energy Committee I. Grachev.
TUESDAY, October 4, 2011
In Moscow:
Meeting
Subject: Stability and security in Eurasia
Participants: CSTO Secretary General N. Bordyuzha, OSCE Secretary General L. Zannier
4 p.m. A session of the Federation Council’s Expert Council Commission for Physical Education, Sports and Promotion of the Olympic Movement
Attendees: V. Kvint, Council Chairman, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; V. Makarov, Council Deputy Chairman; representatives from the Russian ministries and government departments, sports federations and public organizations.
Venue: 26 Ulitsa Bolshaya Dmitrovka
Phone: 692-12-70; 692-41-45; 692-75-25; fax: 692-43-05;е-mail: 6921877@mail.ru.
Events at RIA Novosti (4 Zubovsky Boulevard, 495-637-5019, 495-645-6472)
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Start of heating season in Moscow
Speaker: Moscow United Energy Company general director A. Likhchev
11 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: “Does Russia need migrants?”
Attendees: Y. Yegorova, Deputy Director, Federal Migration Service; A. Kuznetsov, Deputy Director, Federal Migration Service; and others.
1 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: “Army rearmament: is it all about funding?”
Attendees: R. Pukhov, Director of the Center for Strategy and Technology Analysis; V. Kozyulin, Director of the PIR-Center Conventional Arms Program; I. Korotchenko, Director of the Center of Analysis of Global Arms Trade; A. Sitnov, former head of armament at the Russian Armed Forces, a Russian State Duma representative; and others.
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Mission of volunteers at 2014 Olympic and Paralympic games in Sochi
Speaker: Academician V. Zhukov, Paralympiisky volunteer center director L. Fedyakina
Venue: Russia State Social University (4/1, Wilhelm Pieck street)
Phone: 8495-648-1814
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Is a real alternative to Putin possible at presidential election?
Speaker: TV and Radio National Research Institute director, CoE expert A. Samokhvalov
Venue: Independent Press Center (17/9, Prechistenka street)
Phone: 8495-232-2891, 8495-637-3126
E-mail: yakovlevapress@yandex.ru, yakovleva@infolegal.ru
3 p.m. Presentation
Subject: Report on protection of journalists
Participants: Russian Union of Journalists chairman V. Bogdanov, experts
Venue: Central House of Journalists (8a, Nikitsky boulevard)
Phone: 8495-697-2086
E-mail: 6972086@domjour.ru
5 p.m. Departure of the Train of Hope from the Kursky train station (underground station: Kurskaya) to Tula. The train will carry the future foster parents for adopting orphans
Phone: 8-916-218-61-38; 8-916-932-57-86; e-mail: pressa@detskyfond.info.
4 p.m. The Russian Jewish Congress to hold a presentation of a mockup of the memorial to the Victory of the Red Army against fascism
Venue: The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Poklonnaya Gora (3 Ploschad Pobedy)
Phone: 8- 916-616-75-15; 8 (495) 777-65-75.
Annual summit
Subject: Trade in Russia
Venue: Ritz-Carlton Moscow (3, Tverskaya street)
Phone: 8495-921-0856
Khamovnichesky Court to hear an appeal against the acquittal to the head of the Memorial human rights group, O. Orlov, in the libel case filed by Chechen leader R. Kadyrov.
5 p.m. A session of the Moscow City Duma Commission for Ecological Policy (22 Ulitsa Petrovka)
Agenda: stray animals regulations
Phone: 623-18-84; 753-71-34.
2 p.m. Press conference of the exhibition dedicated to Soviet painter Vladimir Tatlin
Venue: hall N13, 10 Krymsky Val
Phone: 957 0792; 953 3375
In Russia and worldwide:
Stavropol,
International exhibition/forum
Subject: Roads in Russia in XXI century
Rostov-on-Don,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Second festival of science in Rostov-on-Don
St. Petersburg,
International conference
Subject: CIS: achievements, problems, prospects
Khabarovsk,
October 4 – 5: Far East International Economic Forum
Kemerovo,
Hearings continue in the criminal case against blogger A. Sorokin accused of libel against Kemerovo region governor A. Tuleyev
Yekaterinburg,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Court verdict on tragedy at Severouralskaya mine where two people were killed
Novosibirsk,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Results of checks into complying with laws on water transport safety
Events in Ukraine:
Kommunarsky District Court in Zaporizhia to hear a criminal case against ex-speaker of the Crimean Parliament A. Hrytsenko charged with abuse of office and exceeding his authority.
Interfax-Ukraine press conferences:
Subject: “Sintal Agriculture increasing its land bank by 50% by adding the agricultural assets of the Icon Private Equity;”
Subject: “A large foreign investor asking the president for protection from the arbitrariness of the Kharkiv city authorities.” Speaker: A. Duker, General Director of the Kharkiv-Moscow company which commissioned the construction of the Europa Business Center at 2 Pushkinskaya Street in Kharkiv.
Events in Minsk,
October 4-5: the CIS Executive Committee:
A session of the group of experts drafting the Resolution on changes and amendments to the Regulation on the CIS Coordination Council of Chief Tax (Financial) Investigators ;
A session of the group of experts drafting and finalizing the CIS Concept of the Gradual Formation of the Common Labor Market and Migrant Work Force Regulation and the Priorities in Forming the Common Labor Market and Migrant Work Force in 2011-2015.
Astana (Kazakhstan),
October 4 – 6: Regional conference of international association of prosecutors for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The 17th round of the Geneva discussions.
WEDNESDAY, October 5, 2011
In Moscow:
9 a.m. Opening ceremony
Subject: Expert 400 annual forum of Russian large business
Participants: Expert magazine editor-in-chief V. Fadeyev, Trade and Industry Minister V, Khristenko, Economic Development Minister E. Nabiullina, Skolkovo fund president V. Vekselberg
Venue: Ritz-Carlton Moscow (3, Tverskaya street)
Phone: abz@inop.ru
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Communist Party launches anti-corruption website
Speakers: Communist Party leader G. Zyuganov and others
Venue: Interfax (2, Pervaya Tverskaya-Yamskaya street)
Phone: 8499-250-8832
Events at RIA Novosti (4 Zubovsky Boulevard; phone: 637-50-19; 645-64-72):
11 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: “What is our health care system not insured against?”
Attendees: Y. Krestinsky, Director of the Institute of the Public Health Care Development; L. Popovich, Director of the Institute of the Health Care Economics; G. Ulumbekova, Executive Director of the Association of Medical Societies for Quality, member of the Commission for developing the Concept for the Russian health care development and public health protection to 2020; D. Melik-Guseinov, member of the Council of Health Care Experts;
Noon. Video conference between Moscow and Berlin
Subject: “Gas for Europe. Gas cooperation between Russia and the EU.” Participants in Moscow: K. Simonov, General Director of the Foundation for National Energy Security; L. Grigoryev, Deputy General Director, Scientific Director of the Russian Energy Agency; T. Mitrova, head of the department for the development of the Russian and global oil and gas sector at the Russian Institute of Energy Research. Participants in Berlin: S. Kohler, CEO, the German Energy Agency; C. Kemfert, head of the Energy, Transportation and Environment department at the German Institute for Economic Research; B. Abdolvand, Coordinator of the Center for Energy and Ecological Research of the Caspian region at Free University in Berlin.
Noon Press conference
Subject: Russia’s main issues: inter-ethnic relations. What to do?
Speaker: Institute of Globalization Problems director M. Delyagin
Venue: Independent Press Center (17/9, Prechistenka street)
Phone: 8495-232-2891, 8495-637-3126
E-mail: yakovlevapress@yandex.ru, yakovleva@infolegal.ru
October 5 – 7: Russia Calling third investment forum
Venue: World Trade Center (12, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment)
Moscow City Court to hear a lawsuit from head of the Russian agriculture watchdog (Rosselkhoznadzor) A. Volkov, who was acquitted in a bribery case, with a claim for rehabilitation and payment of over 10 million rubles in damages.
The Arbitration Court to hold a session in the second lawsuit from the owner of the National Reserve Bank, A. Lebedev, and the bank management, regarding the protection of the business reputation, against the Kommersant Publishing House, as well as D. Yurischeva and A. Mazunin.
In Russia and worldwide:
Yaroslavl,
October 5 – 7: Energy forum
Subject: Modern economy needs innovative energy infrastructure
Nizhny Novgorod,
October 5 – 8: International forum
Title: United Russia
Tyumen,
Press conferences at Interfax/Tyumen Line news agency joint press center
Subject: Events dedicated to teachers day
Subject: Preserving architectural monuments in Tyumen region
Novosibirsk,
The Central District Court to hear a case against the organizer of the annual rally, Monstratsiya, and other public events by artist A. Loskutov charged with insulting an official.
Chernobyl, Ukraine,
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Centralized Storage Facility of Spent Sources of Ionizing Radiation. Attendees: V. Baloha, Ukrainian Emergencies Minister; L. Turner, UK Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Ukraine; J. Teixeira, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine.
Kazakhstan,
October 5 – 7: Visit by Lithuanian President D. Grybauskaite
THURSDAY, October 6, 2011
In Moscow:
Events due at RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard, phone: 8495-637-5019, 8495-645-6472):
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: “Ecological rehabilitation of the Arctic region: the first results of the expedition to Franz Josef Land.”
Speakers: R. Gizatulin, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources; A. Klepach, Deputy Minister of Economic Development; G. Fetisov, Chairman of the Council for Productive Power Research; and others;
Noon Press conference
Subject: Presentation of Institute of Translation
Speakers: Deputy Rospechat chief V. Grigoriyev, Institute of Russian Literature director V. Bagno
1 p.m. Moscow – St. Petersburg video link-up
Subject: Musical film ‘R. Fleming and D. Khvorostovsky. Musical odyssey in St. Petersburg’
Participant: Singer D. Khvorostovsky
Forum
Subject: Infrastructural projects in Russia: business and state partnership
October 6 – 7: IBA conference
Subject: Mergers and acquisitions in Russia and CIS
Venue: Venue: Ritz-Carlton Moscow (3, Tverskaya street)
Phone: 8495-234-4324
E-mail: conf@ma-journal.ru
Basmanny Court to hold preliminary hearings in the lawsuit filed by author L. Ropina against the Right Cause Party, seeking a 10 million ruble compensation for the use of her web designs by the political organization.
Meschansky Court to start hearing a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office employee A. Pechegin against a former colleague of Hermitage Capital lawyer S. Magnitsky, D. Fayerstone, seeking a retraction of his earlier claims.
The Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District to hear an appeal against the refusal to recognize the Russian Federation’s ownership of Sovetskaya Hotel in Moscow.
In Russia and worldwide:
Arzamas (Nizhny Novgorod region),
October 6 – 7: Gaidar readings
Subject: Russia’s socio-economic development strategy up to 2020
Participants: Presidential envoy to Volga Federal District G. Rapota, and others
Yekaterinburg,
The Urals Conference of the National Association of Securities Market Participants (NAUFOR) Title: “The Russian stock market”
Strasbourg,
The ECHR to announce its judgment in the lawsuits from 15 Polish citizens against Russia over the execution of their relatives near Katyn, in Kharkiv and in Tver in 1940.
FRIDAY, October 7, 2011
In Moscow:
Governmental hour
Speaker: Roscosmos chief V. Popovkin
Venue: State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad street)
10 a.m. Opening ceremony
Subject: Golden Autumn agriculture exhibition
Participants: Agriculture Minister Ye. Skrynnik
Venue: VVTs (pavilion 75)
Phone: 8495-544-3502, 8495-607-8837
E-mail: info@vvcentre.ru, pr@mvcvvc.com
Audit Chamber board to consider draft 2012 budget
October 7-9: an exhibition of ideas, projects and inventions as part of the Russian Festival of Science
Title: “RITM-development of the innovation activity of young people”
Venue: Expo Center (14 Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya
Phone: 8-916-541-49-61; e-mail: intellect-mc@yandex.ru.
In Russia and worldwide:
Yaroslavl,
An award ceremony for the winners of the competition, “Youth ideas and projects aimed to increase energy efficiency and energy saving,” as part of the Yaroslavl energy forum.
Karachayevo-Cherkesia,
A court to issue a verdict to a gang of 29 militants charged with committing a number of grave crimes as a gang in 2006-2007.
Tyumen,
Press conferences at Interfax/Tyumen Line news agency joint press center
Subject: Development of youth tourism in Tyumen region
The arbitration court of appeal N8 to hear appeals filed by BP EOC against the Tyumen regional court ruling dated July 19, which granted the request by a TNK-BP Holding minority shareholder A. Prokhorov to take measures to secure evidence before the lawsuit is brought, which led to searches of BP’s Moscow office.
Novosibirsk,
The Central District Court to question deputy chairman of the Novosibirsk regional government V. Gergert, charged with abuse of office.
Kemerovo,
Interfax-Siberia press conference
Subject: “The fight against wrongdoers in the framework of the Rosselkhoznadzor’s competence: preventing violations on the Russian national border, the situation around the spread of dangerous diseases, land degradation by coal companies”
Speakers: A. Lobanchuk, N. Isachenko, deputy directors of the Kemerovo Region Directorate of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Oversight.
October 7-8: the second international Black Sea Economic Forum in the village of Livadia (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Yalta District)
General media Partner: Interfax-Ukraine
The following sessions are due to be held at the forum on October 7:
“The macro-region of the Black Sea basin: global macroeconomic forecasts.” Moderator: J. Zukoski, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Participants: A. Klyuyev, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Development and Trade Minister; R. Ziemba, Director, CEEMEA and Global Macro at Roubini Global Economics; Federico Bonaglia, Coordinator Black Sea and Central Asian Economic Outlook at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); O. Adam, UN Permanent Coordinator in Ukraine; J. Teixeira, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine; I. Scherbyna, General Director, Institute of Budget and Socio-Economic Research (Ukraine);
“Interregional relations: the potential and prospects for intensification of inter-regional cooperation in Ukraine. The best international practices and cases.” Participants: A. Blyznyuk, Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing; P. Burlakov, First Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers; I. Akimova, First Deputy Chief of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration and president’s representative in the Cabinet of Ministers; Karin Rau, Germany’s Economic Delegate to Ukraine; V. Yatsuba, head of the Sevastopol city administration; M. Dobkin, head of the Kharkiv regional administration; A. Yermolayev, Director of the National Institute of Strategic Research under the Ukrainian President. Executive Director of the European Business Association A. Derevyanko is expected to attend;
“Priorities in regional development and growth in the Black Sea region countries.” Moderator: A. Lobach, Senior Project Manager at the Effective Management Foundation. Participants: B. Kolesnikov, Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister; T. Siddiki, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Special Envoy to Ukraine; A. Kekelia, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs; V. Kaskiv, Chairman of the Ukrainian State Agency for Investments and National Project Management; Y. Yuchenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea; D. Lovegrove, Director of International Development Ireland;
“Genuine climate for doing business in the region: what international investors think about the investment climate of the Black Sea economies?” Moderator: editor-in-chief of fDi Magazine/Financial Times C. Fingar (United Kingdom). Participants: O. Ustenko, Executive Director of The Bleyzer Foundation; S. Sener, CEO at TAV Airports Holding; A. Kredisov, Managing Partner at ErnstYoung Ukraine; R. Shpek, Senior Advisor at Alfa-Bank in Ukraine; D. Khrenov, Director the Department of Legal and Intra-Corporate relations at SUN InBev Ukraine; D. van den Berg, Executive Director at Investment Consultants Associates and UNDP consultant; A. Dubovskov, President of MTS Ukraine.
Venezuela,
Presidential election.
SATURDAY, October 8, 2011
In Moscow:
No announcement yet available
In Russia and worldwide:
Ukrainian President V. Yanukovych and the country’s other senior officials to attend the opening of the Olympisky National Sports Complex.
Livadia village, Crimea, Yalta District,
The closure of the second international Black Sea Economic Forum
General media partner: “Interfax-Ukraine”
The following events are due at the forum:
A discussion on “The role of international organizations – the European Union, the United Nations, the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction, and so on – in the development of the Black Sea countries.” Moderator: I. Burakovsky, CEO at the Institute of Economic Research and Political Consultation. Participants: V. Arkhipov, Chairman of the Russian National Committee of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation; I. Safi, head of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation; R. Alimardanov, head of the IFC regional representative office in Ukraine and Belarus; J. Wilson, Director of the EU-Ukraine Business Council.
A session on “The potential of the tourism sector, infrastructure and transport corridors, drivers for the dynamic development of the tourism market and extension of the resort season in the Black Sea Region countries.” Moderator: L. Annoh, Managing Editor at Executive Traveller. Participants: M. Kulynyaka; B. von Droste, Founding Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center; B. Yildiz, Cultural Affairs Attache at the Tourism Office of Turkey; J. Tercek, Vice President for Commercial Development at Royal Caribbean.
A session on “The hotel industry and prospects for the tourism development in the Crimea” (Presentation of the Western Crimea project). Moderator: M. Sokiran, Counsel at Baker & McKenzie. Participants: A. Lobach, Senior Project Manager at the Effective Management Foundation; D. Devyaterikov, Partner at McKinsey; A. Starodubov, Director of the Crimean Agency of Regional Development.
A session on “The formation of the 21st century agribusiness. Practicing and developing organic agriculture in the region’s countries.” Moderator: Ian Luyt, UNDP advisor and Managing Director at NOViRost. Participants: M. Prysyazhnyuk, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food; V. Tabara, Romanian Minister of Agriculture; O. Bakhmatyuk, chairperson of the board of directors at AVANGARDCO IPL; D. Marchetti, General Manager at Danone Ukraine; I. Starodubova, Partner at Horizon Capital;T. Smovzh, Corporate Affairs Lead at Monsanto Ukraine.
A discussion on “The Black Sea countries in search of regional points of growth for the region: partners or competitors?” Participants: I. Safi, head of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation; V. Tabara, Romanian Minister of Agriculture; A. Zlatkov, Moldovan Deputy Minister of Construction and Regional Development; O. Ustenko, Executive Director at The Bleyzer Foundation; C. Fingar, editor-in-chief at fDi Magazine/Financial Times; J. Grogan, head of the All-Party Ukraine Parliamentary Group in the UK Parliament.
Moldova,
Visit by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all-Russia
SUNDAY, October 9, 2011
In Moscow:
No announcement yet available
In Russia and worldwide:
No announcement yet available
