April 21 morning preview

FINLAND

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will continue his visit to Finland

MOSCOW

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with the Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, Stanislav Tillich, to discuss Russian-German investment projects

* RIA Novosti (Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel.: (495) 637-50-19, 645-64-72) will host:

- A news conference by the president of the Russian Gas Union, State Duma Deputy Speaker Valery Yazev, on Russian interests in energy and the Nabucco pipeline project (1.30 p.m.);

- A news conference by Alexander Sokolov, the chairman of the Russian Public Chamber's working group to defend Russians abroad, on the results of his visit to Paris to discuss the custody dispute over Elisa Belenkaya (Andre) (2.00 p.m.)

* A news conference by Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov (1.00 p.m., ul. Pravdy, 24, tel.: 723-53-80, (499) 257-59-79, e-mail: pr@rg.ru)

* A northern social-ecological congress will be held (until April 22, tel. (495) 490-00-86, 8-919-101-48-34, e-mail: prkomi-andreeva@yandex.ru)

* 10th international forum, 'High-Tech XXI-2009,' will be held (until April 24, Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya, 14, tel. (499) 132-07-33, 132-02-11)

* A roundtable on the future of the gambling business in Russia (2.00 p.m., ul. Tverskaya, 18, tel. 645-61-35, 650-71-45, e-mail: grigorevaO@izvestia.ru)

* Moscow's Preobrazhensky Court will consider granting parole to Svetlana Bakhmina, a former lawyer of the now defunct Yukos oil company

* 14th Moscow International Transport and Logistics Exhibition, TransRussia'2009 (until April 23, Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya, 14)

ST. PETERSBURG

* Third international public forum, 'Nuclear power, society, security' will be held (until April 22)

KHANTY-MANSIISK

* Final stage of Russian TEFI award ceremony will begin (until April 24)

BAKU, Azerbaijan

* A conference of chiefs of law-enforcement agencies of the Organization of The Islamic Conference will be held (until April 22)

STRASBOURG, France

* The European Parliament will hold a plenary session (until April 24)

PARIS

* The UNESCO global digital library will be opened

PRAGUE

* An EU-Turkey meeting will be held

WASHINGTON

* Jordanian King Abdullah II will pay a visit

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