February 6 preview

MUNICH, Germany

* The Munich Security Conference will be held (until February 8)

* Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov will meet with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to discuss Russia-NATO cooperation

MOSCOW

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with a delegation from the European Commission, led by its president, Jose Manuel Barroso

* The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will meet with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov (10.00 a.m., fax 637-43-18, e-mail press@patriarchia.ru)

* The Russian culture minister, Alexander Avdeyev, will meet with Serbia's ambassador to Russia, Jelica Kurjak

* RIA Novosti: Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel. (495) 637-50-19, 645-64-72) will host:

- A news conference by Iran's ambassador to Russia, Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi, on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (Noon)

- A news conference by Eurasec Secretary General, Tair Mansurov (2.00 p.m.)

* A roundtable, 'The Obama administration and Russia,' will be held in the Moscow Carnegie Center (10.30 a.m.)

* Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will attend the opening ceremony of the Russian-Bulgarian business forum (11.00 a.m., Manezh Exhibition Center, tel. 620-04-66, 620-03-55, efimenko@tpprf.ru).

* A news conference in the run-up to the 16th international exhibition of food and drinks, Prodexpo-2009 (11.00 a.m.)

SPACE

* The Progress M-01M spacecraft will undock the ISS

SARATOV

* Crew members of the Mi-24 helicopter, which crashed on February 3, 2009, will be buried

KIEV

* Ukraine's national security council is expected to convene for discussions on the gas deal with Russia

MINSK

* A mixed public commission on settling conflicts in the Caucasus will convene

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