INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-THURSDAY
Bulletin is released Sunday to Friday. Issue No. 147
In Moscow:
Meeting of Russian-Belarusian-Kazakh working group shaping future Eurasian Economic Space parliament
Events due at State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad street):
10 a.m. Session of State Duma Council
11 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: Creation of large education centers or destruction of national education traditions
Organizer: A Just Russia party
Participants: A Just Russia leader S. Mironov
Phone: 8495-692-5557, 84985-692-8420, 8495-692-1383, 8985-766-5348
Noon Conference
Subject: Education all life long. Legislative aspects
Organizer: State Duma education committee
Phone: 8495-692-3698, 8910-429-4337
2 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Quality of food products and efficiency of state control
Phone: 8495692-6843, 8916-330-0780
2 p.m. Meeting of State Duma defense committee
Subject: Reform of medical and resort infrastructure for soldiers and family members
Phone: 8495-692-2632
9 a.m. Forum
Subject: Modernization of infrastructure of Russian cities
Venue: Moscow City government (36/9, Novy Arbat street)
Phone: 8495-465-9260, 8495-965-7492
9.30 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Cleaning and improving of new Moscow territories
Speaker: Moscow deputy mayor P. Biryukov
Venue: Moscow City Hall (13, Tverskaya street)
Phone: 8925-226-7435
9.30 a.m. Forum
Subject: Electric transport and charging infrastructure
Speakers: Moscow environment protection department chief A. Kulbachevsky
Venue: Skolkovo management school
Phone: 8499-502-6540, 8495-212-2602
E-mail: irina.yakubenko@revolta.ru
Events due at RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard, phone: 8495-645-6472, 8968-766-1452, e-mail: e.manokhina@rian.ru):
10.30 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Changing principles of forming Federation Council
Speaker: Senators V. Ozerov, O. Panteleyev, M. Kapura
11 a.m. Presentation
Subject: Report of Valdai debates club
Participants: Scientists
11 a.m. Press conference
Speaker: Foreign Ministry’s commissioner for human rights K. Dolgov
Noon Moscow – St. Petersburg video link-up
Subject: State Duma’s proposals to return to daylight saving time
Participants: Scientists, experts
1 p.m. Moscow – Kyiv video link-up
Subject: Law on languages
Participants: Experts
3 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Moscow labor market
Speaker: Moscow labor and employment department chief O. Neterebsky
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: New bill tightening control over nonprofit organizations funded from abroad
Speakers: Moscow Helsinki Group head L. Alexeyeva, Civil Assistance Committee head S. Gannushkina, For Human Rights leader L. Ponomaryov
Venue: Interfax (2, Pervaya Tverskaya-Yamskaya street)
Phone: 8499-250-8832
11 a.m. Opening ceremony
Subject: Universal Media Summit
Venue: World Trade Center (12, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment)
Phone: 8499-791-0325, 8499-791-0286
Fax: 8499-791-0367
E-mail: wms2012@wms2012.org, register@wms2012.org
11 a.m. Conference
Subject: Problem loans. Solutions and prospects
Participants: Bankers
Venue: Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (38/1, Sharikopodshipnikovskaya street)
Phone: 8963-928-8407
Fax: 8495-661-0474
E-mail: pressa@mtpp.org
11 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: Feasibility of changing single list of products of Customs Union
Participants: Officials
Venue: Chamber of Commerce and Industry (6, Ilyinka street)
Phone: 8495-620-0186, 8495-620-0365, 8495-620-0081, 8495-620-0290
E-mail: lit@tpprf.ru
Events due at Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house (1/23, Stary Petrovsko-Razumovsky passage, phone: 8495-786-6788, 8495-665-7531, 8495-637-6482):
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Ratification of Russian-U.S. adoption agreement
Speaker: Children rights commissioner P. Astakhov
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Russia’s accession to WT. Consequences of importing GMO to Russia
Speaker: Russian Genetic Security public organization A. Baranov and others
Noon Press conference
Subject: Russian producers in WTO. Problems, prospects, protection
Speakers: Official
Venue: Rossiiskaya Gazeta press center (24/4, Pravdy street)
Phone: 8499-257-5979, 8903-960-5687
E-mail: pr@rg.ru
2 p.m. Negotiations
Participants: Foreign Minister S. Lavrov, German Foreign Minister G. Westerwelle
Venue: Foreign Ministry’s mansion (17, Spiridonovka street)
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Why will neither Muscovites nor Moscow region residents benefit from Big Moscow?
Speaker: TV and Radio National Research Institute director 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. Debates
Subject: NGOs in Russia. Development prospects
Speaker: State Duma speaker S. Naryshkin
Venue: House of Unions (1, Bolshaya Dmitrovka street)
Phone: 8495-692-2739, 8495-692-3575
E-mail: vinograd@duma.gov.ru, suvorova@duma.gov.ru
4 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Ombudsman: prospects and problems of protecting rights of businessmen
Venue: Delovaya Rossiya (10/2, Yauzskaya street)
Phone: 8495-698-0862 (ext.: 133), 8916-349-2344
E-mail: or@mgodeloros.ru
July 5-6: Conference
Subject: Construction of modern management systems in defense industry
Venue: Renaissance Hotel Olympic (18/1, Olimpiisky avenue)
Phone: 8495-788-6784
E-mail: ibs@grayling.com
3 p.m. Accreditation ends for meeting
Participants: Deputy Prime Minister O. Golodets, public figures, NGOs representatives
Time: 9.30 a.m. on July 6
Venue: Government House (2, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment)
Phone: 8495-749-7899
5 p.m. Acclimation ends for meeting of presidium of Federation Council’s Legislative Council
Participates: Federation Council speaker V. Matviyenko, senators A. Torshin, Z. Dragunkina and others
Time: 11 a.m. on July 6
Venue: Federation Council (26, Bolshaya Dmitrovka street)
Phone: 8495-692-1877, 8495-692-7525, 8495-692-5604
Fax: 8495-692-4305
In Russia and worldwide:
Ivanovo,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Preserving biological diversity in Ivanovo region
Rostov-on-Don,
Press conferences at Interfax
Subject: Migration policy in Rostov region
Subject: Results of single state exam in Rostov region in 2012
Kaliningrad,
Session of CIS defense ministers’ council
Perm,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: International civil forum Pilorama 2012 in Perm region
Krasnoyarsk,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Elite education of engineers in Krasnoyarsk territory
Far East Federal District,
Visit by Prime Minister D. Medvedev
Minsk (Belarus),
Consultations between foreign ministries on CIS cooperation with international financial institutions
July 5-6: Anniversary session of CIS Economic Court
Astana (Kazakhstan),
July 5-7: Day of City
Estonia,
Meeting of delegations of Estonian and Russian parliamentary foreign affairs committees
