INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-THURSDAY
Bulletin is released Sunday to Friday. Issue No. 107
In Moscow:
Expanded session of presidential human rights council
Agenda: Summing up results of four-year work
May 17-18: Session of CIS Council for Railway Transport
Events due at State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad street):
10 a.m. Session of State Duma Council
11 a.m. Parliamentary hearings
Subject: Legal support to self-regulation in Russia
Organizer: State Duma committee for property affairs
Phone: 8495-692-4010
11 a.m. Parliamentary hearings
Subject: Self-regulation in sphere of managing multi-storey buildings
Organizer: State Duma committee for housing policy
Phone: 8495-692-4712
11 a.m. Roundtable
Subject: Customs clearance of goods
Organizer: State Duma transport committee
Phone: 8903-770-8203
9:30 a.m. Opening ceremony
Subject: 57th Congress of Federalist Union of European Nationalities (FUEN)
Participants: Presidential administration chief S. Ivanov
Venue: Russian-German House (5, Malaya Pirogovskaya street)
Phone: 8926-910-1376
E-mail: pr-kultur@ivdk.ru
Events due at RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard, phone: 8495-637-5019):
10 a.m. Briefing
Subject: G8 summit in Camp David
Speaker: Russian G8 sherpa A. Dvorkovich, Russian G20 sherpa S. Voskresensky
10 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Russian presidency in APEC: prospects for state and business
Speakers: Russian Council for International Relations program director I. Timofeyev, Russian Center for APEC Studies deputy director G. Ivashentsov and others
10 a.m. Meeting
Subject: Russia’s involvement in ITER project turns five
Speaker: Deputy Education and Science Minister S. Mazurenko, Rosatom deputy chief V. Perkhushkov, academician Ye. Velikhov
Noon Press conference
Subject: Russian-Belarusian integration and further cooperation
Speaker: Belarusian Ambassador to Russia A. Kobyakov
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: International Museum Day on May 18
Speaker: Moscow Kremlin Museums director Ye. Gagarina
3 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Development of innovative shipbuilding cluster in Arkhangelsk region
Speaker: Arkhangelsk region governor I. Orlov and others
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: First conference on assessing medical technologies in Russia on May 21
Speaker: Federation Council social policy committee head L. Ponomaryova and others
3 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Development of Russia-EU regional economic partnership
Participants: State Duma foreign affairs committee chairman A. Pushkov and others
Events due at Crocus Expo (65th-66th kilometer of Moscow Ring Road):
10 a.m. Press conference
Speaker: Russian Helicopters holding general director D. Petrov
Phone: 8495-363-2840
E-mail: shuliveystrova@mcomgroup.com
Noon Opening ceremony
Subject: Heli Russia 2012 exhibition
Events due at Public Chamber (7, Miusskaya square, phone: 8495-221-8361):
11 a.m. Public hearings
Subject: Pilot training as biggest problem in Russia’s military and civil aviation
Participants: Officials in charge of aviation, civil and military aviation schools, prosecutors and others
11 a.m. Public hearings
Subject: Specifics of applying anti-extremist laws to holy scriptures of religious organizations
11 a.m. Public hearings
Subject: Possible launch of Day of Commemorating Victims of Nazism
Participants: Public Chamber members
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Big Difference Festival in Odessa 2012. Start of castings in regions and changes in the event format
Speakers: TV host, actor, musician I. Urgant, Big Difference project producer R. Sorokin
Venue: Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house (1/23, Stary Petrovsko-Razumovsky passage) Phone: 8495-786-6788, 8495-665-7531, 8495-637-6482
11 a.m. Press show
Subject: Restoration of Moscow Arc of Triumph
Participant: Moscow cultural legacy department chief N. Pereslegin and others
Phone: 8495-637-4043, 8965-155-1155
E-mail: press.mkn@gmail.com
1 p.m. Press conference
Subject: ‘Prospects for development of Russia’s shipbuilding industry. Third Russia’s Maritime Industry international forum
Speakers: Russian Governmental Maritime Board secretary A. Balyberdin, Transport Ministry’ official K. Palnikov, United Shipbuilding Corporation president R. Trotsenko and others
Venue: Interfax (2, Pervaya Tverskaya-Yamskaya street)
Phone: 8499-250-8832
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Abnormal heat is coming to Moscow: how to protect yourself against overheating and dehydration?
Speakers: Doctors
Venue: AIF press center (42, Myasnitskaya street)
Phone: 8495-625-2148, 8495-623-9432
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Creation of Public Moscow TV
Speakers: Experts
Venue: Argumenty Nedeli press center (6, Bobrov side street)
Phone: 8499-272-4816, 8495-981-6838
2 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Problems in housing and utilities sector
Participants: Committee for Civil Rights head S. Nikitin 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
3 p.m. Press conference
Subject: International Museum Day
Speakers: Rosturizm chief A. Radkov and others
Venue: Central House of Journalists (8a, Nikitsky boulevard)
Phone: 8495-691-3467, 8985-210-3678, 8926-196-4744
E-mail: ninalesina@mail.ru, press@intermuseum2012.ru
6 p.m. Press conference
Subject: ‘Art Park. Territory of cultural movement’ project
Venue: Flacon design factory (36, Bolshaya Novodmitrovskaya street)
Phone: 8926-324-0777
E-mail: pasha@flacon.ru
6 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Festival of South African films on May 17-20
Speaker: South African Ambassador to Russia M. Mpahlua, South African film directors
Venue: Khudozhestvenny movie theater (14, Arbatskaya square)
Phone: 8495-775-0077
7 p.m. Awarding ceremony
Subject: Winners of Radiomania 2012 contest
Participants: Communications Minister I. Shchegolev and others
Venue: Expocenter (14, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment)
Phone: 8495-617-3980, 8926-061-6169
E-mail: kremen@mediasoyuz.ru
May 17-18: International conference
Subject: Shelf development in Russia and CIS 2012
Venue: Baltschug Kempinski hotel (1, Baltschug street)
Phone: 8495-502-54-33, 8495-778-9332
Noon Accreditation ends to meeting
Participants: A Just Russia leader S. Mironov, polar veterans
Time: 2 p.m. on May 18
Venue: State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad)
Phone: 8495-766-5348
5 p.m. Accreditation ends to United Russia congress
Date: May 26
Venue: Manezh exhibition hall (1, Manezhnaya square)
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In Russia and worldwide:
Krugloye Lake sports base (Dmitrovsky district, Moscow region),
Noon Offsite meeting
Participants: Members of Russian Coca-Cola Olympic team’s press center
Bus with journalists leave at 10 a.m.
Venue: Russian Olympic Committee (8, Luzhnetskaya Embankment)
Phone: 8495-725-4576, 8915-350-3894
E-mail: smirnova@roc.ru
St. Petersburg,
Plenary session of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly
Participant: Federation Council speaker V. Matviyenko
May 17-18: Fifth Neva international environmental congress
Participants: Federation Council speaker V. Matviyenko
Roundtable
Subject: Prospects for legal education of children in Russia
Participants: Children rights commissioner P. Astakhov
Kazan,
May 17-18: Forum
Subject: Economic cooperation of Russian and Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Participants: Federation Council deputy speaker I. Umakhanov
Vakhitovsky District Court to hear lawsuit filed by the city’s prosecutors against violations at detention facilities at three police stations
Ufa,
Forum
Subject: Great Chemistry
Voronezh,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Development strategy of Bank of Moscow in Voronezh region
Rostov-on-Don,
Press conferences at Interfax
Subject: Prevention of burglaries in Rostov region
Subject: Day of Europe festival in Rostov-on-Don
Volgograd,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Peculiarities of sanitary situation and preparations for summer vacations in Volgograd region
Yekaterinburg,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Promotion of Yekaterinburg bid for Expo 2020
Irkutsk,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Situation with wildfires in Irkutsk region
Krasnoyarsk,
Press conferences at Interfax
Subject: New rules of Customs Union
Subject: Changes in penalties for traffic rules violations
Kemerovo,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: Development of trade in Kemerovo region in Q1 2012
Kyiv (Ukraine),
Court hearing into criminal case of ex-police officer A. Pukach
Astana (Kazakhstan),
May 17-18: Islamic Conference of Environment Ministers
