INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-THURSDAY
Bulletin is released Sunday to Friday. Issue No. 115
In Moscow:
Government session
Subject: Changes to federal property privatization plan
Events due at Federation Council (26, Bolshaya Dmitrovka street, phone: 8495-692-1270, 8495-697-9843, 8495-986-6877, fax: 8495-697-9843):
Noon Roundtable
Subject: Role of media in implementing state information policy on energy saving
Participants: Federation Council deputy speaker A. Torshin and others
Phone: 8919-723-1006, 8926-223-9955
E-mail: ermilova@insiders.ru, grosheva@insiders.ru
2 p.m. Meeting
Subject: Creation of intellectual property rights market. Legal aspect
Participants: Federation Council science and education committee deputy chief V. Kosourov
Events due at State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad street):
11 a.m. Parliamentary hearing
Subject: Legal regulation of distribution of GMO in Russia
Participants: Rospotrebnadzor chief G. Onishchenko and others
Phone: 8495-692-6866, 8926-117-4873
2 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Laws on archeological researches and preservation of archeological legacy
Participant: State Duma deputy speaker N. Levichev
Phone: 8985-766-5348
Events due at Moscow Government (36 Novy Arbat street):
10 a.m. Forum
Title: Infoforum-CITI
Participants: State Duma security committee head I. Yarovaya and others, deputy CSTO secretary general Kh. Latypov, and others
Phone/fax: 8495-280-1051
E-mail: info@infoforum.ru
10.30 a.m. Opening ceremony
Subject: Congress of directors of public utility companies
Participants: Deputy Regional Development Minister A. Popov, Deputy mayor P. Biryukov, and others
Events due at Public Chamber (7/1, Miusskaya square, phone: 8495-2218361):
10 a.m. Conference
Subject: Role of pretests in public commissions monitoring penal colonies
Participants: Public Chamber members
11 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: Integrated structures in defense industry. Problems and solutions
Participants: Public Chamber members
11 a.m. Offsite session of Federation Council social affairs committee
Subject: Monitoring of enforcing law mandatory social insurance in case of temporary disability
Participants: Labor Minister M. Topilin and others
Venue: Social Insurance Fund (3a, Orlikov side street)
Phone: 8495-692-7525, 8495-692-5604, 8495-692-1877
Fax: 8495-692-4305
11 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: Alcohol addiction among children
Participants: Children rights commissioner P. Astakhov, Ochakovo brewery general director V. Antonov, and others
Venue: House of Unions (1, Bolshaya Dmitrovka street)
Phone: 8926-279-2203
E-mail: press.er.duma@gmail.com
Events due at RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard, phone: 8495-637-5019, 8495-645-6472):
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: How to reduce alcohol consumption. Prospects of new bill
Speaker: Russia’s chief addiction doctor Ye. Bryun and others
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Preparations of Russian fencing team for London Olympics
Speakers: Russian Fencing Federation president A. Mikhailov and others
3 p.m. Press conference/awarding ceremony
Subject: ‘Best Yong Teacher’ prize
Speakers/participants: Officials, MPs
3 p.m. Moscow – Brussels video link-up
Subject: Public order at mass actions. Russian and foreign laws
Participants: Senators, lawyers
3 p.m. Press conference
Subject: IAAF World Challenge
Speaker: Russian Athletics Federation president V. Balakhnichev
4 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Announcing athletes in Russia’s pentathlon team
Speaker: Russian Pentathlon Federation president V. Aminov
Noon Press conference
Subject: Inclusive education. Should Russia take Moscow’s experience?
Speaker: State Duma education committee head A. Degtyaryov
Venue: AiF press center (42, Myasnitskaya street)
Phone: 8495-625-2148, 8495-623-9432
Noon Roundtable
Subject: Does Moscow need new authorities?
Organizer: Left Alliance, League of Voters
Venue: World trade Center (12, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment)
Phone: 8903-613-8259, 8495-692-7393, 8495-692-8355
E-mail: nprf@yandex.ru
Events due at 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: Towards creation of Russian civil movement
Speakers: For Khimki Forest movement leader Ye. Chirikova, Moscow Helsinki Group member V. Borshchev
2 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Leading role of political parties in forming civil society
Participants: MPs, senators, CEC members and others
Noon European MTB Championship
Venue: Lata-Track (1, Krylatskaya street)
Phone: 8962-978-8710, 8495-981-8820
12.30 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Preserving and building-up health in megalopolis
Participants: Public Chamber members, doctors
Venue: VVTs
Phone: 8495-974-3398 (ext.: 3146), 8903-766-4540
E-mail: media@mos-expo.com
Events due at Itar-Tass (2, Tverskoi boulevard, phone: 8495-692-1522, 8495-629-6034):
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Science without borders. Russia and Japan
Speakers: Russian Academy of Sciences deputy president A. Nekipelov and others
3 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Swimming across Strait of Bering
Speaker: presidential envoy for Arctic and Antarctic A. Chilingarov and others
3 p.m. Briefing
Subject: Current foreign political affairs
Speaker: Foreign Ministry’s spokesman A. Lukashevich
Venue: Foreign Ministry (32/34, Smolenskaya-Sennaya square)
Moscow City Court to hear complaint against guilty verdict to businessman A. Kozlov jailed to five years for fraud
*** Journalists may obtain accreditation to a planned summit in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 2-9 of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, The APEC-2012 Leaders’ Week, by filling an online application on the website of Russia’s chairmanship of the event, www.apec2012.ru, the Russian presidential press service said.
Accreditation applications will be accepted until July 4.
In Russia and worldwide:
Bryansk,
Press tour
Subject: Bryansk penal colony for minors. From penal colony to correctional center
Journalists gather at 6.30 a.m. near Interior Ministry (14, Zhitnaya street)
Phone: 8499-799-3272, 8495-982-1992
Yaroslavl,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Avtoexotika-Yaroslavia as a ground for soccer world cup
Rostov-on-Don,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: nuclear energy today. Construction of new units in Rostov region
Perm,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Order of paying property taxes for 2011 by individuals
Sverdlovsk region,
Court to hear in criminal case against Yekaterinburg City Duma deputy M. Petlin (Yabloko) charged with bribe taking
Khanty-Mansiisk,
June 7-9: Conference
Subject: Ecological education and enlightenment in interests of sustainable development
Kyiv (Ukraine),
Pechersky District Court to arraign ex-head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s Department of External Surveillance A. Pukach of murder of reporter G. Gongadze
Minsk (Belarus),
June 7-8: CIS Executive Committee to host expert meeting to draft agreement on CIS Economic Court status
Kazakhstan,
Visit by President V. Putin
Astana, Almaty (Kazakhstan),
June 7-9: Day of Azerbaijan Culture
Azerbaijan,
June 7-9: Visit by Kazakh Senate speaker K. Mami
Tajikistan,
June 7-8: Meeting of CIS interior ministry’s departments for personnel
June 7-14: Peace Mission 2012 anti-terrorist exercise
Sweden,
June 7-8: Visit by Chief of Staff N. Makarov
Geneva (Switzerland),
June 7-8: Another round of discussions on stability and security in South Caucasus
France,
Visit by delegation of CEC members