June 17 - July 18 calendar

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JUNE

June 17

MOSCOW - The foreign minister of Ecuador, Fander Falconi, will pay a visit

U.S. - The U.S. will launch two satellites to the Moon, LRO and LCROSS

BELGIUM - Eastern Partnership forum will be held (until June 17)

MOSCOW - Chinese President Hu Jintao will continue his visit to Russia, meeting with Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov

MOSCOW - Russia's Supreme Court will consider an appeal against the verdict of those found guilty in plotting an assassination attempt against Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Chiefs of the CIS chambers of commerce and industry will meet

CAIRO - Foreign ministers of Arab states will meet to discuss the future of the Middle East peace settlement

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council will hold a session to discuss the report of the UN Secretary General on the United Nations Mission in Kosovo

June 18

MOSCOW - Deputy State Duma Speaker Valery Yazev will meet with the speaker of the lower chamber of Indonesia's parliament, Agung Laksono

MOSCOW - A founding session of the coordination committee on economic cooperation with African countries will be held

VELIKY NOVGOROD - Annual Hansa Days will be held (until June 21)

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A Russian-Kyrgyz economic forum will be held.

BRUSSELS - Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer will cede the powers of the Chairman of the European Council to his Swedish counterpart, Fredrik Reinfeldt

HELSINKI - A presentation of Russia's tourism industry will be held

ST. PETERSBURG - Third international investment forum will be held

BELGIUM - The EU coordination group on gas will meet to discuss Ukraine's gas debt to Russia

June 19

MOSCOW - Russia's oil producer Rosneft will hold annual shareholders meeting

ST. PETERSBURG - Tenth meeting of judges from Russian and German top courts will be held

CHISINAU - The CIS Economic Council will convene

MOSCOW - 31st Moscow International Film Festival (until June 28, tel.: (495) 232-14-75)

AMSTERDAM - Russia's culture minister, Alexander Avdeyev, will pay a working visit (until June 20)

NEW YORK - The United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia will deliver its report on counteracting terrorism

June 20

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany - IBF and WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine and the undisputed cruiseweight champion David Haye of Britain will meet in a title bout

WARSAW - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay a visit (until June 21)

CHISINAU - An international CIS banking conference will be held

June 21

MINSK - Public organizations of Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Russia will meet (until June 22)

BREST, northwest France - The FRUKUS 2009 international naval exercises will be held (until June 27)

June 22

MOZZA, Italy - A conference of G8 science and technology ministers will be held (until June 24)

WASHINGTON - Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov will pay a visit (until June 25)

June 23

MOSCOW - A Russian-Romanian business forum will be held

MOSCOW - The Moscow International Oil and Gas Exhibition (MIOGE 2009) will begin (until June 26)

SOCHI - An economic forum to discuss the construction of Olympic facilities will be held (until June 27).

VIENNA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will speak at the international OSCE conference, which closes on June 24

June 24

UNITED NATIONS - A summit of the UN General Assembly will be held (until June 26)

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security council will hold scheduled discussions on the Middle East

CHISINAU, Moldova - The Chisinau Appeal Chamber will hear the case of former defense minister Valery Passat

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) will hold a security forum (until June 25)

TUNISIA - 11th Carthage Investment Forum will be held (until June 25)

June 25

BRYANSK - An international festival, Slavic Unity 2009 (until June 27)

TIRANA, Albania - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit

GLASTONBURY, U.K. - Glastonbury music festival will be held

MOSCOW - Russia's Supreme Court will consider a protest against the acquittal of suspects in the murder case of investigative Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya

June 26

YEKATERINBURG - Chiefs of Eurasec tax authorities will meet

TATARSTAN - Russian truck maker Kamaz will hold an annual shareholders' meeting

June 27

CORFU ISLAND, Greece - An informal top-level OSCE meeting to discuss Russia's proposals on European security (until June 28)

CORFU ISLAND, Greece - A meeting of the Russia-NATO council at the level of foreign ministers (until June 28)

June 28

AZERBAIJAN - Israeli President Shimon Peres will pay a visit

GENEVA - The third session of a regional cooperation forum as part of Russia's economic and financial forum (until June 29)

June 29

MOSCOW - VTB will hold an annual shareholders' meeting

NORTH CAUCASUS - Caucasus-2009 military exercise will be held (until July 6)

June 30

MOSCOW - A Russian-Brazilian intergovernmental cooperation commission will hold a meeting at the level of prime ministers

MOSCOW - Norilsk Nickel will hold an annual shareholders' meeting

NEW YORK - A court will hear the General Motors bankruptcy case

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council will hold a session to discuss situation in Afghanistan and the UN mission in the country

July 1

RUSSIA - Russia will stop simplified citizenship procedure for residents of the CIS states

CANCUN, Mexico - An international summit on the A/H1N1 flu (until July 3)

ASTANA - Third meeting of world religious leaders will be held

SWITZERLAND - A regular round of consultations on security in the Caucasus

STOCKHOLM - Sweden will assume the rotating EU presidency

July 3

MOSCOW - The fourth European congress of pediatricians will be held (until July 6)

July 4

MONACO - The Tour de France cycling race will begin

July 5

BULGARIA - Parliamentary elections

CAIRO - Latest round of talks between Palestinian factions

July 6

MOSCOW - U.S. President Barack Obama will pay an official visit (until July 8)

July 8

ITALY - G8 summit

YEKATERINBURG - An international exhibition, Russian Expo Arms 2009

INDONESIA - Presidential elections

July 10

MOSCOW - Autoexotic 2009, an exhibition of rare and vintage cars, will be held (until July 19)

TVER - Nashestviye 2009 rock festival will be held (until July 12)

ACCRA, Ghana - U.S. President Barack Obama will pay a visit

July 12

LITHUANIA - Lithuania's president-elect Dalia Grybauskaite will take oath

July 13

STRASBOURG - The European Parliament will hold a plenary session (until July 16)

July 14

MOSCOW - The end of a 105-day experiment to simulate a flight to Mars

MUNICH - Ninth Petersburg Dialog will be held (until July 16)

July 15

MOSCOW - Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service will discuss the case against laptop producers Anar Inc., ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Toshiba Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Dell Inc.

SWEDEN - EU justice and interior ministers will meet

July 16

U.S. - Nominees of the 61th Emmy Awards will be announced

July 18

MOSCOW - Horse race for the prize of the Russian president

ROME - World swimming championships will be held (until August 2)

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