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ST. PETERSBURG

* St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2009 (until June 6, tel.: (812) 680-00-01, (812) 680-00-02)

* Members of the SCO inter-banking organization will meet

* An international conference, Global economy: perspectives for anti-crisis policies, will be held as part of the International Economic Forum (until June 6, 2.00 p.m., Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya, ul. Korablestroitelei, 14, tel.: (495) 232-32-00)

* Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev is expected to meet with his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sargsyan. The two leaders are also expected to meet with the members of the OSCE Minsk Group

MOSCOW

* RIA Novosti (Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel.: (495) 645-65-24, 645-64-72) will host:

- A news conference with the chief of Russia's Interpol, Timur Lakhonin (11.00 a.m.);

- A news conference with representatives of Russian Islamic organizations (Noon);

TIRASPOL, Transdnestr

* The first Transdnestr investment forum will be held (until June 5)

KRAKOW, Poland

* Events to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the communist regime

CAIRO

* U.S. President Barack Obama will pay a visit

BRUSSELS, Belgium

* The EU council on human rights and internal affairs will convene to discuss the closure of the U.S. Guantanamo prison (until June 5)

ROME, Italy

* Electricity Summit, a meeting of the leading G8 electricity companies, will be held

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany

* The Council of the European Central Bank will convene to discuss the financial and economic situation in the euro zone

LONDON / AMSTERDAM

* Elections to the European Parliament will be held in the U.K. and the Netherlands

NEW YORK

* Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz will submit a report to the UN Security Council

SEOUL, South Korea

* International travel exhibition, "KOTFA-2009" (until June 7, tel. (495) 627-77-19, e-mail: olgak@ropnet.ru)

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