February 13 morning preview

MOSCOW

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Turkish President Abdullah Gul

* Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov will meet with Turkish President Abdullah Gul (9.45 a.m., ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 26, tel. 692-18-77; 692-75-25)

* The head of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yevgeny Primakov, and Turkish President Abdullah Gul will attend a Russian-Turkish business forum (2.00 p.m., Ritz Carlton hotel, ul. Tverskaya, 3, tel. 620-02-34, 620-00-81, e-mail: lit@tpprf.ru)

* The head of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yevgeny Primakov, will meet with Vice President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Halim Mete to discuss development of Russian-Turkish trade and economic relations (9.30 a.m., ul. Ilyinka, 6, tel. 620-02-34, 620-00-81, e-mail: lit@tpprf.ru)

* The State Duma will hold a session (10.00 a.m., ul. Okhotny Ryad, 1, tel. (495) 692-80-00)

* A sports council will consider the final version of development program of Sochi, the host city of 2014 Olympics

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

- A TV link between Moscow and Paris, How will the Russian Orthodox Church develop under Patriarch Kirill (11.00 a.m.);

- A roundtable to discuss the current situation in the Middle East with ambassadors of PNA, Egypt, Oman and Bahrain

* A news conference by CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha on the collective rapid-reaction force (11.00 a.m., ul. Varvarka, 7, fax (495) 606-06-18)

* An online news conference by Russia's permanent envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, on Russia-NATO cooperation (Noon, ul. Profsoyznaya, 78, tel. 363-11-11, ext. 1818, 2218)

* The Russian Public Chamber will hold a discussion, "Modernizing Russia's state economic police (anti-crisis and strategic programs)" (10.00 a.m., Miusskaya Ploshchad, 7, build. 1, tel./fax (495) 221-83-61)

* A forum, "Perspectives of CIS development and creation of a modern Euro-Asian union of states" (10.00 a.m., Nikitsky Bulvar, 8a, tel. 681-37-21, 8-926-127-34-34)

* An online news conference by Google Russia chief, Vladimir Dolgov (3.00 p.m., http://www.aif.ru/)

* The new board of directors of TNK-BP will hold its first meeting

KIEV

* The crew of the Faina ship will return to Ukraine

TALLINN

* Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon will pay a visit (until February 14)

BAKU

* Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek will pay an official visit

ROME

* A G7 finance ministers meeting will be held

* Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin will meet with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (until February 14)

BRUSSELS

* Third round of talks on a new deal between Russia and the EU will be held

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea

* 2009 IBU Biathlon World Cup (until February 22)

* A news conference to announce the results of doping tests on several biathletes, including Russians

VENICE, Italy

* Annual carnival will be held (until February 24)

SPACE

* The Progress M-66 space freighter will dock with the International Space Station

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