June 5 morning preview

ST. PETERSBURG

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will address the participants of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and meet with heads of leading international corporations

* President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Finnish counterpart, Tarja Halonne, to discuss the Nord Stream gas pipeline project, Russia-EU cooperation and Russia's initiative on a European security treaty

* A roundtable, Russia's initiatives in energy security: evolution and perspectives (3.00 p.m., tel.: 8-926-776-11-77)

* Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov will chair an international roundtable, "CIS - the zone of cooperation. Agenda for tomorrow." (2.00 p.m.)

* A conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be held to discuss economic cooperation and dealing with the global financial crisis

MOSCOW

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

* RIA Novosti will host a ceremony for the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the organization committee of Sochi 2014 and United Nations Environmental Program (12.30 p.m., Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel.: (495) 645-65-24, 645-64-72)

* A conference on energy efficiency to coincide with World Environment Day (11.00 a.m., ul. Vavilova, 9, e-mail: SHELESTLI@mosenergosbyt.ru)

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK

* Russian-Japanese exercises on rescuing a ship in distress will be held

MINSK

* The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) committee of secretaries of national security councils will meet

GERMANY / FRANCE

* U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive on a visit (until June 6)

CZECH REPUBLIC / IRELAND

* Elections to the European Parliament will be held

BULGARIA

* Parliamentary elections will be held

UNITED NATIONS

* The UN Security Council will convene to discuss the request to extradite Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir issued by the International Criminal Court

SPACE

* The crew of the International Space Station is scheduled to perform a spacewalk (10.45 a.m.)

WORLDWIDE

* Events to mark World Environment Day

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