June 16 morning preview

MOSCOW

* Chinese leader Hu Jintao continues his state visit to Russia (until June 18)

* RIA Novosti will host a news conference in the run-up to athletics competitions, Moscow Open, to be held on July 1, 2009 (Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel.: (495) 645-65-24, 645-64-72)

* The Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, will meet with World Anti-Doping Agency Chief Operating Officer David Howman to discuss Russia's anti-doping programs

* Russia's Supreme Arbitration Court will hold a session

* A Russian-Chinese trade and economic forum will be held (World Trade Center Moscow, tel.: (499) 131-34-51, e-mail: anastasia@rus-china.com)

* A Russian-Swiss business forum will be held (2.00 p.m., Le Royal Meridien National Hotel, tel.: (499) 132-07-33, (499) 132-02-11, e-mail: m.ved@mtpp.org).

* The head of Russia's Federal Customs Service, Andrei Belyaninov, will meet with his Chinese counterpart, Sheng Guangzu

* A news conference on the Russian program of the 31st Moscow International Film Festival (3.00 p.m., ul. Vasilyevskaya, 13, tel. (8-903) 206-3870, 251-9559, e-mail: mircult@mail.ru)

* A delegation from Cyprus will pay a visit to boost economic ties between the countries (until June 20)

VELIKY NOVGOROD, Northwestern Russia

* Preliminary hearings on the 2007 bomb attack that left a crater in the tracks on the country's busiest rail line, linking Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Nevsky Express high-speed train hurtled off the rails as a result, injuring around 60 people (2.00 p.m., Novgorod Regional Court)

KAZAN, Russia's Volga Republic of Tatarstan

* 27th session of the administrative council of the Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC) will be held (until June 18)

BRUSSELS

* The Eastern Partnership Foum will be held (until June 17)

MADRID

* A presentation of Russia's tourist industry and infrastructure will be held (tel.: (495) 607-73-65, e-mail: katerina3@mail.ru).

WASHINGTON

* South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will pay a visit to discuss North Korea's nuclear issue with U.S. President Barack Obama

AFGHANISTAN

* The presidential campaign will officially begin

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