INTERFAX-ANNOUNCEMENTS-WEDNESDAY
Bulletin is released Sunday to Friday. Issue No. 124
In Moscow:
10 a.m. Plenary session
Agenda: Ratification of Russian-Polish accord on visa-free border travels, accord on formation of CSTO collective security system, protocol on changes to EurAsEC Court Statute
Venue: Federation Council (26, Bolshaya Dmitrovka street)
Phone: 8495-692-1877, 8495-692-5604, 8495-692-7525
Events due at State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad street, phone: 8495-692-7531):
10 a.m. Plenary session
Agenda: Amendments to Tax Code
Governmental hour
Speaker: Federal Customs Service chief S. Novikov
7 a.m. Observation
Subject: Venus transit across the Sun
Venue: Moscow Planetarium (5/1, Sadovo-kudrinskaya street)
10 a.m. Forum
Subject: 5pEXPO 2012
Participants: Federation Council deputy speaker A. Torshin and others
Venue: Expocenter (14, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment)
Phone: 8495-605-7154, 8495-605-6828, 8495-620-0365, 8495-620-0081, 8495-620-0290
E-mail: lit@tpprf.ru
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Prospects for developing Russian healthcare system
Speaker: Healthcare Minister V. Srvortsova
Venue: Interfax (2, Pervaya Tverskaya-Yamskaya street)
Phone: 8499-250-8832
11 a.m. Presentation
Subject: First mobile children library
Venue: AiF press center (42, Myasnitskaya street)
Phone: 8495-625-2148, 8495-623-9432
Events due at RIA Novosti (4, Zubovsky boulevard, phone: 8495-645-6524, 8495-645-6472):
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: Rights and liability of land plots owners
Participants: MPs M. Shakkum, O. Valenchuk and others
11 a.m. Press conference
Subject: APEC 2012 motor rally
Speakers: Rosturizm deputy chief G. Sarishvili and others
1 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Reset of public councils at federal agencies
Participant: Minister for Open Government M. Abyzov, Education Minister D. Livanov and others
1 p.m. Moscow – Berlin video link-up
Subject: Integration and mutual understanding through sports
Participants: MPs, senators, officials
1 p.m. Presentation
Subject: New architectural concept of reconstructing Central Children Mall on Lubyanka
Participants: Economists, writers, architects
3 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Big Moscow Regatta due on June 8-10
Speakers: Russian Rowing Federation president A. Alyoshina and others
3.30 p.m. Moscow – Brussels video link-up
Participants: NATO Secretary General A. F. Rasmussen
11 a.m. Festival of children TV
Title: Switch On!
Venue: Russian TV and Radio Network company (15, Akademika Korolyova street)
Phone: 8495-651-0834
E-mail: pr@nat.ru
Noon Press conference
Subject: International film festival in Italy’s Taormina
Speakers: Italian Ambassador to Russia A. Z. Landi
Venue: Socio-cultural Initiatives Foundation (70, Bolhaya Ordynka street)
Phone: 8905-578-5772, 8495-627-5732
Noon Press conference
Subject: Moscow City Racing show
Speakers: Ferrari team pilot Fisichella
Venue: VGTRK press center (22, Pyataya Ulitsa Yamskogo Polya street)
Phone: 8917-563-6282
E-mail: mcr@imedia.ru
Events due at MK press center (7, Ulitsa 1905 Goda street, 8916-675-5368, 8916-191-5923):
Noon Roundtable
Subject: Transport safety. Technologies or humans: who will protect passengers more reliably?
Participants: Transport Ministry’s officials, MPs and others
3 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: reform of local self-governance in Moscow
Participants: Public Chamber members, local deputies
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: Ingushetia is outlaw
Speakers: Ingush opposition leader M. Khazbiyev and others
2 p.m. Press conference
Subject: Why does emigration and capital outflow from Russia grow?
Speaker: TV and Radio National Research Institute director A. Samokhvalov
2 p.m. Awarding ceremony
Subject: ‘Parents’ Glory’ prize for large families
Venue: Tsaritsyno Museum (1, Dolskaya street)
Phone: 8916-708-3628
E-mail: karavaeva@vip-concert.ru
2 p.m. Opening ceremony
Subject: Pushkin Day
Venue: Pushkin monument
3 p.m. Concert
Subject: 130th anniversary of Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society
Venue: Manezh Central Exhibition Hall (1, Manezhnaya square)
3 p.m. Roundtable
Subject: Economic assessment of healthcare technologies
Participants: Public Chamber members, doctors
Venue: Public Chamber (7/1, Miusskaya square)
Phone: 8495-221-8361
Moscow District Military court to pronounce verdict in case of retired Col. V. Nikhailov charged with espionage
Awarding ceremony
Subject: Winners of Open Cup of Peoples’ Friendship in Russian language
1 p.m. Accreditation ends for parliamentary hearing
Subject: Legal regulation of distribution of GMO in Russia
Time: 11 a.m. on June 7
Organizer: State Duma science committee, State Duma healthcare committee
Participants: Rospotrebnadzor chief G. Onishchenko and others
Venue: State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad street)
Phone: 8495-692-6866, 8926-117-4873
3 p.m. Accreditation ends for offsite session of Federation Council social affairs committee
Subject: Monitoring of enforcing law mandatory social insurance in case of temporary disability
Time: 11 a.m. on June 7
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
4 p.m. Accreditation ends for press tour
Subject: Bryansk penal colony for minors. From penal colony to correctional center
Time: 6.30 a.m. on June 7
Venue: Interior Ministry (14, Zhitnaya street)
Phone: 8499-799-3272, 8495-982-1992
4 p.m. Accreditation ends for roundtable
Subject: Laws on archeological researches and preservation of archeological legacy
Time: 2 p.m. on June 7
Participant: State Duma deputy speaker N. Levichev
Venue: State Duma (1, Okhotny Ryad street)
Phone: 8985-766-5348
6 p.m. Meeting
Subject: Creation of intellectual property rights market. Legal aspect
Time: 2 p.m. on June 7
Participants: Federation Council science and education committee deputy chief V. Kosourov
Venue: Federation Council (26, Bolshaya Dmitrovka street)
Phone: 8495-692-1270, 8495-697-9843, 8495-986-6877
Fax: 8495-697-9843
*** 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:
Kolomna (Moscow region),
9 a.m. Press tour
Subject: Reform of Russian cultural sites with help of social entrepreneurship
Venue: Marshmallow factory
Phone: 8903-612-8236
Barents Sea,
June 6-8: Barents 2012 Russian-Norwegian rescue drills
St. Petersburg,
Pushkin Day
June 6-8: Meeting of high representatives for security
Rostov-on-Don,
Press conferences at Interfax
Subject: Preparation for ‘Traffic Without Danger’ action
Subject: Results of independent examinations of food products in Rostov region
Gelendzhik,
June 6-9: Forum
Subject: Grain market: yesterday, today, tomorrow
Perm,
Press conference at Interfax
Subject: First results of integration between VTB24 and TransCreditBank in Perm region
Tyumen,
Press conferences at Interfax/Tyumen Line news agency joint press center
Subject: Development of regional tourist programs in Tyumen region
Subject: Measures to keep teachers at schools
Subject: Statistics of road accidents in Tyumen region
Subject: Plans of road works for 2012
Minsk (Belarus),
June 6-7: CIS Executive Committee will host experts session for drafting protocol on mechanism of handover by CIS competent authorities of drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, firearms, ammunition, explosive substances and explosive devices, which serve as material evidence in criminal cases
Almaty (Kazakhstan),
Conference
Subject: Security problems in Central Asia
Beijing, China,
June 6-7: Meeting of SCO presidents
Participant: President V. Putin
