April 29 preview

MOSCOW

* Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko are due to meet within the framework of the bilateral economic cooperation committee

* A governmental commission on the prevention of swine flu infection in Russia will convene

* The Federation Council will hold a session (ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 26, tel. 692-18-77, 692-56-04)

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

- A news conference on European immunization week in Russia (Noon);

- A news conference by Russia's economic minister, Elvira Nabiullina and a presidential aide, Arkady Dvorkovich, on the 2009 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (1.00 p.m.);

* A briefing by a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Andrei Nesterenko, on Russia's foreign policy (3.00 p.m., Smolenskaya-Sennaya Ploshchad, 32/34, e-mail briefingmid@rambler.ru, fax 8-(499)-244-41-12, tel.: 8-(499)-244-41-19)

* A news conference by Valery Fyodorov, the director general of the Russian pollster VTsIOM, will deliver the results of new research on the social mood over the economic crisis (11.00 a.m., ul. 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 2, tel.: 250-88-32)

ROSTOV-ON-DON

* An Orthodox film festival, Blagovest, will be held (until April 30)

KIEV, Ukraine

* Ukraine's Constitutional Court will discuss the legitimacy of the parliamentary decree to set presidential elections on October 25, 2009

MINSK, Belarus

* A mission of the International Monetary Fund will begin its work (until May 13)

BRUSSELS, Belgium

* A session of the Russia-NATO council at the ambassadorial level will be held

PARIS, France

* A joint organizational committee of the Year of Russia in France will convene (until April 30)

BANGKOK

* A Thai court will hear the extradition case of Russian businessman Viktor Bout

WASHINGTON

* U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a news conference on the 100th day of his presidency

BEIJING

* Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will pay an official visit (until April 30)

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