February 18 - March 19 calendar

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FEBRUARY

February 18

NEW YORK - The UN Security Council will vote on the future of its mission in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

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 music ceremony

NEW YORK - The UN Security Council will decide on whether to keep its monitoring mission in Abkhazia and Georgia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay a visit to Indonesia (until February 19)

ROME - 32rd Governing Council meeting of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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

SEOUL - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay a visit (until February 20)

ST. PETERSBURG - Vladimir Kolobkov, the Russian captain of the Faina vessel seized by Somalian pirates will be buried

PARIS, France - Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the OECD, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will open the OECD Global Forum on Competition and hold a news briefing on competition policy and the economic crisis

BRUSSELS - EU energy ministers will meet

CAIRO - An international conference on protecting children's rights and preventing their exploitation

February 20

CHINA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay a visit (until February 22)

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)

BARNAUL - Winter grain conference - 2009 (until February 22)

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will pay a visit

GENEVA, Switzerland - The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session to discuss the impact of the current financial and economic crisis on the poorest states

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

BERLIN - A preparatory meeting of envoys of the G20 countries

February 23

MOSCOW - Events to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day

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

YALTA, Southern Crimea, Ukraine - The Artek International Children's Center in the Crimea, which closed this winter due to financial problems, will resume its work

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

BRUSSELS - An informal EU summit to discuss the global financial crisis

March 2

MOSCOW - Fifth annual conference, Charity in Russia

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

CAIRO - An international conference on rebuilding Gaza

CAIRO - Foreign ministers of Arab states will meet to discuss peace settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

BRUSSELS - The EU environmental council will meet

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

GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

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

BRAZIL - Prince Charles will pay a visit to discuss climate change

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

NEW YORK - Award ceremony of the National Book Critics Circle

March 14

KALININGRAD - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will pay a visit (until March 15)

LONDON - G20 finance ministers will meet

March 16

MOSCOW - Fifth annual logistics forum

MOSCOW - Fifth international Moscow congress on biotechnologies (until March 20)

PLESETSK - Russian Rockot carrier vehicle with Europe's first GOCE satellite on board will be launched

March 17

YAOUNDE, Cameroon / LUANDA, Angola - Pope Benedict XVI will pay a visit (until March 23)

March 18

ST. PETERSBURG - Ninth international ecology forum

BAKU, Azerbaijan - A referendum on constitutional amendments

NEW YORK - Media Summit (until March 19)

March 19

MOSCOW - An all-Russian forum of business media

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