January 23 preview

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan

* Extended Russian-Uzbek talks will be held as part of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Uzbekistan

MOSCOW

* Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov will meet with his Norwegian counterpart, Torbjorn Jagland (Noon, ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 26, tel. 692-18-77, 692-75-25)

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

* RIA Novosti will host a news conference to discuss Russian-Ukrainian contract on nuclear fuel supplies for 2011-2025 (2.00 p.m., Zubovsky Bulvar, 4, tel. (495) 637-50-19, 645-64-72)

* A news conference by Israeli ambassador to Russia, Anna Azari, on Russian-Israeli relations and the situation in the Middle East (1.00 p.m., Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house, Stary Petrovsko-Razumovsky Proezd, 1/23, tel. 786-67-88, 665-75-34)

* A news conference by international human rights organization Human Rights Watch on the recent conflict in South Ossetia and human rights (11.00 a.m., ul. 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 2, tel. 250-88-32)

* Lawyer Stanislav Markelov, shot dead on Monday in downtown Moscow, will be buried (11.00 a.m., Ostankinskoye Cemetery)

* A roundtable, Results of 2008 in Russia's car-making industry (1.00 p.m., ul. Kuznetsky Most, 21/5, tel. 621-62-60, 626-00-75, vipashk@asm-holding.ru)

* The Moscow City Court will select a jury for the trial of defendants in the assassination attempt of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov

* Golden Eagle awards ceremony for movies and TV series hosted by the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia (fax 8-495-251-50-60)

KIEV, Ukraine

* A closed session of Ukraine's National Security Council will be held to discuss the gas issue

TALLINN, Estonia

* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov will attend Russian-Estonian political consultations

BUDAPEST, Hungary

* Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov will pay a visit to Hungary (until January 24)

GEORGIA

* Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will hold a televised question and answer session

INDIA

* Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay a state visit (until January 26)

TURKEY

* Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari will pay a visit

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