June 23 preview

EGYPT

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit (until June 24)

MOSCOW

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

- A news conference, People of large cities in Russia and China during period of changes. Results of a comparative sociological research" (Noon);

- A news conference by the head of Russia's fisheries regulator, Andrei Krainiy (2.00 p.m.);

- A TV link between Moscow and Jerusalem on the Middle East peace settlement (4.00 p.m.);

- A TV link between Moscow and Washington on the forthcoming visit by the U.S. President Barack Obama to Russia (17.00 p.m.)

* The Presidium of Russia's Supreme Arbitration Court will convene

* A Russian-Romanian business forum will be held (10.00 a.m., ul. Ilyinka, 6, tel.: 620-02-34, 620-01-86, e-mail: lit@tpprf.ru)

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

* The Moscow City Court will hear the case of Igor Izmestyev, a former senator in the Russian parliament's upper house, charged with terrorism and other serious crimes

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

PARIS

* 10th forum of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will be held (until June 24)

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