February 11 - March 12 calendar

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FEBRUARY

February 11

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with the foreign ministers of the Czech Republic, which holds the European Union's rotating presidency, and Sweden, which takes over the presidency on June 1, as well as EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner

MOMBASA, Kenya - Ukraine's Faina vessel, released by Somali pirates, will arrive in Kenya

MOSCOW - A constitutive meeting of the Russian-Brazil Business Council

BANGALORE, India - An international aviation show (until February 15)

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Proton-M rocket with two new Russian Express-series communications satellites will be launched

TBILISI - The OSCE chairwoman, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, will pay a visit to Georgia

CHICAGO - International car show (until February 22)

BETHLEHEM, West Bank - An inter-parliamentary Orthodox assembly will meet to discuss the role of traditional religions in seeking peaceful solutions to global and regional threats and conflicts (until February 14)

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Chinese leader Hu Jintao will begin a tour of Saudi Arabia, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Mauritius (until February 17)

February 12

NEW DELHI, India - The Indian parliament will begin a new session

PRAGUE - International information summit (until February 13)

LOS-ANGELES - 40th award of NAACP Image Awards, an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature

U.S. - Test launch of the Discovery STS-119 shuttle

LONDON - 10th Russian ball, War and Peace

HAVANA, Cuba - 18th international book fair with publishers from 43 countries, including Russia (until February 22)

February 13

THAILAND - the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold a summit (until February 15)

VENICE, Italy - Annual carnival (until February 24)

ROME, Italy - A G7 meeting will be held

BRUSSELS - Third round of talks on a new Russia-EU deal

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - 2009 IBU Biathlon World Cup (until February 22)

February 14

MOSCOW - The 11th round of the USSA FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup will be held at Moscow's Vorobyovy Gory

ROME, Italy - A meeting of G8 finance ministers will be held (until February 14)

KAZAN, Tatarstan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul will pay a state visit

February 15

TBILISI, Georgia - The mandate of the UN mission in Georgia will expire

CARACAS, Venezuela - A nationwide referendum on a constitution amendment allowing the president to be reelected for an infinite number of terms

February 16

LONDON, U.K. - International Petroleum (IP) Week (until February 19)

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The GS1 Global Forum 2009 will be held in the Crowne Plaza hotel (until February 20)

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A special meeting of EU biotechnology experts

BARCELONA, Spain - The GSMA Mobile World Congress, the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry, will be held

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay an official visit

ROME, Italy - A Russian-Italian council on economic, industrial and financial cooperation will convene

February 17

MOSCOW - Moscow's Presnensky Court will continue hearing Greenpeace's suit against Russian environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor

GENEVA, Switzerland - A new round of talks on the situation in South Caucasus with the participation of the EU, OSCE, the UN, Russia, Georgia, the U.S., Abkhazia and South Ossetia (until February 18)

SANREMO, Italy - The San Remo Music Festival will be held (until February 21)

MOSCOW - Award ceremony of the "Doctor of the Year" prize

LONDON - 3rd Annual International Adam Smith Institute Russian Alternative Investment Forum (until February 19)

February 18

NALCHIK, Kabardino-Balkaria - The Supreme Court will hear the case of the October 2005 militant attack on Nalchik

LVOV, Ukraine - International exhibition, 'Power saving and renewable sources of energy'

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK - Russia's first plant producing liquefied natural gas will be launched

LONDON - Brit Awards ceremony

February 19

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Muntazer al-Zaidi, a correspondent for the Cairo-based al-Baghdadiya TV channel, who threw his shoes at then-U.S. president George Bush during a news conference in Baghdad, will go on trial

MOSCOW - Envoys of the six nations involved in talks on North Korea's nuclear program will meet (until February 20)

CHISINAU - Moldova's supreme court of appeals will hear the murder case of Russian NTV journalist Ilya Zimin, killed in Moscow in 2006

TIRASPOL, Transdnestr - Joint peacekeeping exercises of Russia, Moldova and Transdnestr

KRAKOW, Poland - NATO defense ministers will meet (until February 20)

CANADA - U.S. President Barack Obama will pay a visit

STRASBOURG, France - Czech President Vaclav Klaus will pay a visit

February 20

MOSCOW - Fifth annual forum of transport and logistics

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Proton carrier rocket will be launched

TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia - Sixth International Economic Forum "Bridge" (until February 23)

LONDON - Fashion week (until February 25)

February 22

LOS-ANGELES - The 81st Academy Awards - the 2009 Oscars - will be held

ABU DHABI, U.A.E. - An international defense exhibition and conference, IDEX-2009

PARIS, France - The Paris international agri-business exhibition, SIMA 2009, will begin

CAIRO - A new round of talks between Palestinian factions to form a national unity government

SYDNEY - Tropfest short film festival

February 23

MOSCOW - Events to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day

BANGALORE, India - 18th International Engineering & Technology Fair (IETF' 09, until January 26)

February 24

MOSCOW - A business meeting of communication market leaders of Russia, CIS and Europe, Telecoms World Russia & CIS 2009 (until February 26).

KIEV, Ukraine - XIII international exhibition, "Kiev Build 2009" (until February 27)

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver his address to Congress

February 25

MOSCOW - Third annual forum on International Financial Reporting Standards will be held

February 26

MOSCOW - An international conference of the Council of Europe member states will be held (until February 27)

MOSCOW - An international artistic gymnastics tournament, Grand Prix 2009 (until March 2, Luzhniki sports complex)

KRASNODAR - 19 th international construction forum, Southern architecture and construction forum (until March 1).

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Zenit carrier rocket with Telestar communications satellite will be launched

ISTANBUS - Second part of the WIN (World of Industry) - 2009 exhibition will be held

February 27

MOSCOW - Fourth annual conference, Media Business 2009

KRASNOYARSK - Sixth Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum (until February 28)

February 28

CAIRO - An international donor conference on rebuilding Gaza

MARCH

March 1

RUSSIA - Elections will be held in a number of Russian regions

LONDON - A festival of Russian culture, Maslenitsa

March 2

MOSCOW - Fifth annual conference, Charity in Russia

U.S. - SPAA Sports Photography Tour (until March 4)

March 3

LONDON - London's Islington's Hen and Chickens Theatre will premiere a musical, Obama On My Mind, inspired by the new President of the United States

BANGALORE, India - Green Energy Summit (until March 7)

HANNOVER, Germany - CeBIT-2009, one of the most important trade fairs for the digital industry, will begin

March 4

KHANTY-MANSIISK - An international gas chemistry forum, IGCF-2009 (until March 6)

March 5

GENEVA, Switzerland - An international car salon (until March 15)

LISBON, Portugal - MINDS International (Mobile Information and News Data Services) will hold a conference

BEIJING, China - Annual session of the National People's Congress will begin

DUBAI, UAE - Fifth World Rugby Championships (until March 7)

March 6

BANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai court will hear the extradition case of Russian national Viktor Bout, who is wanted by the United States

CURITIBA, Brazil - Russian team will take part in the first two rounds of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship (until March 8)

March 7

MOSCOW - Snowboard world cup event

March 8

WORLDWIDE - International Women's Day

March 9

ROME - Pope Benedict XVI will attend a session of the Rome city council

LONDON - FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference (until March 10)

March 10

MOSCOW - Moscow's Arbitration court will consider a 22.5-million suit by Russia's Federal Customs Service against Bank of New York Mellon.

MAKHACHKALA, Daghestan - Public hearings on human rights in Russia's North Caucasus republics (until February 11)

CANNES, France - A conference on Russia's real estate market as part of the 20th international exhibition, MIPIM 2009

March 11

MOSCOW - Russian truck maker Kamaz will hold an emergency shareholders' meeting

BERLIN - International travel exhibition, ITB (until March 15)

March 12

MOSCOW - An annual conference of oil and gas industry supply chain, Neftegazsnab

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