April 22 preview

MOSCOW

* The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights, Thomas Hammarberg, will pay a visit to discuss children's rights in Russia (until April 24)

* The Federation Council will hold its 245th session (10.00 a.m., ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 26, tel.: 692-18-77, 692-56-04)

* The State Duma will hold a plenary session (10.00 a.m., ul. Okhotny Ryad, 1, tel.: (495) 692-80-00)

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will start adding his blog posts to a community on the LiveJournal social networking site

* RIA Novosti will host a TV link between Moscow and Yerevan to discuss Turkish-Armenian relations (Noon, Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel.: (495) 637-50-19, 645-64-72)

* A news conference by the Russian natural resources minister Yury Trutnev, on the protection of the environment and climate change (Noon, Tverskoi Bulvar, 2, tel.: (495) 629-60-34; 629-64-03)

* A roundtable to discuss sustainable development of indigenous peoples of Russia's North, Siberia and the Far East (09.30 a.m., ul. Sadovaya-Samotechnaya, 10/23, build. 1, tel.: (495) 980-25-47)

* An international conference to discuss the development of partnership between Russia and Spain will be held (3.00 p.m., Bolshaya Yakimanka, 1, tel.: (495) 258-08-10)

* Sixth congress of indigenous peoples of Russia's North, Siberia and Far East and fourth international specialized exhibition, Northern Civilization 2009, will be held (until April 26, tel. (495) 748-31-24, e-mail: aborigenexpo@mail.ru)

VORONEZH / ROSTOV-ON-DON

* Russian Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko will pay a working visit

ASTRAKHAN

* A joint Russian-Iranian scientific seminar on the problems of the Caspian Sea

SMOLENSK

* An international conference on the problems of trans-border cooperation between Russia and Belarus will be held (until April 23)

MINSK

* The committee on social policy, science, culture and humanitarian issues of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Russia-Belarus Union State will hold a session

YEREVAN

* Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will pay a visit

SYRACUSE, Italy

* A conference of G8 environment ministers will begin (until April 24)

HELSINKI, Finland

* Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus will pay a visit (until April 24)

PARIS, France

* UNEP Champions of the Earth Award Ceremony

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