January 26 preview

MOSCOW

* The State Duma will hold a roundtable to discuss state support for small and medium-size business (10.00 a.m., ul. Okhotny Ryad, 1, tel. 8-926-115-53-59, 692-39-54)

* Co-chairmen of the recently-established Pravoye Delo (Right Cause) right-wing liberal party will meet

* Chief of Russia's railway monopoly RZD, carmaker AvtoVaz and RZD subsidiary, RailTransAuto will hold a working meeting (12.30 a.m., ul. Novaya Basmannaya, 2, tel. 262-66-70, 262-84-09)

* An Internet news conference with the president of the Russian union of travel industry, Sergei Shpilko, Russian tourist market amid the global financial crisis (3.00 p.m., ul. Profsoyuznaya, 78, tel. 363-11-11, ext. 1818)

* A discussion, Agenda for the future patriarch (Noon, Skatertny Pereulok, 4/2, build. 1, tel. (495) 690-13-75, (495) 690-16-38, e-mail: tarasova@rosbalt.org)

* A news conference by WBC world champion, Vitali Klitschko and WBO and IBF world champion Wladimir Klitschko (1.00 p.m., ul. 1905 goda, 7, tel. 250-77-49, e-mail: sos@mk.ru)

MINSK, Belarus

* The council of permanent envoys of CIS countries will convene (11.00 a.m., ul. Kirova, 17)

TALLINN, Estonia

* Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev will pay a visit

ASTANA

* Kazakhstan will scrap customs duties on crude oil

BRUSSELS, Belgium

* An informal session of the Russia-NATO council will be held

* Foreign ministers of EU member states will meet (until January 27)

STRASBOURG, France

* PACE winter session will begin (until January 30)

JERUSALEM, Israel

* 13th plenary assembly of the World Jewish Congress will be held (until January 27)

BEIRUT, Lebanon

* Fourth round of national dialogue

BONN, Germany

* The founding congress of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will be held

VATICAN

* Heads of four Russian Catholic dioceses will pay an ad limina Apostolorum visit to Pope Benedict XVI (until January 29)

SOMALIA

* Presidential elections will be held

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia

* 12th African Union summit (until February 3)

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