February 25 morning preview

MOSCOW

* Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Salah will continue his visit to Russia (until February 26)

* Terry Davis, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, will pay a visit to attend a ceremony marking the opening of the organization's new office in the Russian capital

* The State Duma will hold a session (10.00). Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, as well as heads of state-run corporations of Russian Technology and Nanotechnology, Sergei Chemezov and Anatoly Chubais, will deliver their reports on the development of hi-tech industries in Russia (11.00) (ul. Okhotny Ryad, 1, tel. (495) 692-80-00)

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

- A roundtable to discuss Russia's currency policy and consequences of the ruble depreciation (Noon);

- A news conference by Russia's natural resources minister Yury Trutnev (2.30 p.m.);

- A TV link between Moscow, Chisinau and Kiev to discuss problems concerning migrant working during the crisis (3.00 p.m.)

* The Russian Public Chamber will hold hearings, Economic policy in modern Russia (10.00 a.m., Miusskaya Ploshchad, 7, build. 1, tel. (495) 221-83-61) i?ieaoo:

* Third annual forum on International Financial Reporting Standards will be held (10.00 a.m., the State Kremlin Palace, tel. (495) 933-55-18)

* A conference, Anti-crisis business conference, will be held (3.00 p.m., ul. Bolshaya Yakimanka, 1, tel. (905) 742-16-57)

* Second annual conference, M&A in the banking and financial sector of Russia. Anti-crisis technologies (09.30 a.m., Swissotel Erasnye Holmy, Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, 52, build. 6, tel./fax: 7 (495) 234-97-61, 7 (495) 234-43-24)

* Volvo will give a news conference to sum up the results of the company's activities in Russia in 2008 (11.00 a.m., Leningradsky Prospekt, 37/9, lile.sekaniya@globalpoint.ru)

* Award ceremony of the Person of the Year 2008 award (6.00 p.m., President Hotel, ul. Bolshaya Yakimanka, 24, tel. 363-11-11, ext. 1818, 1704, e-mail: vkorchagina@rbc.ru)

KALININGRAD, Russia's Baltic exclave

* An international conference, Cooperation between railway and sea transport in the Baltic Region (until February 26)

KIEV

* The third Europe-Ukraine forum will open

ALMATY, Kazakhstan

* The first session of national coordinators of the member states of the Central Asia Regional Information and Coordination Centre to combat the illegal trafficking of drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors will be held

VILNIUS, Lithuania

* A public discussion, Belarus: a return to Europe, will be held

ROME

* Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will pay a visit (until February 27)

STOCKHOLM

* PNA leader Mahmoud Abbas will pay a visit

WASHINGTON

* U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee will hold hearings: "From Competition to Collaboration: Strengthening the U.S.-Russia Relationship"

LONDON

* Pablo Picasso exhibition at the National Gallery (until June 7)

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