March 16 - April 16 calendar

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MARCH

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

MOSCOW - Fifth international biotechnology congress will open (until March 20)

MOSCOW - A court will hear a suit by Russian oil producer LUKoil against the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service

KEMEROVO, southwest Siberia - Over 5,000 servicemen and 400 armored vehicles will take part in a military exercise (until March 23)

NORWAY - NATO Cold Response exercise (until March 25)

ISTANBUL, Turkey - The fifth World Water Forum will be held (until March 22)

March 17

MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with Mongolian Prime Minister Sanjaa Bayar

PARIS - The French parliament will discuss restoring the country's full membership in NATO

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen

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

YEKATERINBURG - Third international cooking congress, EurAsia (until March 19)

CALGARY, Canada - A conference with U.S. ex-president George W. Bush

U.S. - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will pay a visit

BEIJING - The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, will pay a visit (until March 21)

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko will announce his candidate for the post of the country's foreign minister

March 18

LONDON - A forum of G20 business leaders

ST. PETERSBURG - Ninth international ecology forum

BAKU, Azerbaijan - A referendum on constitutional amendments

NEW YORK - Media Summit (until March 19)

March 19

MOSCOW - The Russian government is expected to discuss the amended 2009 budget and the new anti-crisis plan

MOSCOW - An all-Russian forum of business media

MOSCOW - Sixth Moscow Chemistry Summit (until March 20)

March 21

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

BRATISLAVA - Slovakian presidential elections

STUTTGART - WBC Heavyweight World Champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title against Juan Carlos Gomez of Cuba

LONDON - U.S. President Barack Obama will begin his European tour to visit the Britain, France, Germany and Czech Republic (until April 5)

March 22

MACEDONIA - Presidential elections

HYDERABAD - the 62nd World Newspaper Congress and 16th World Editors Forum will be held

BERLIN - A conference on human rights in Europe and a session of the PACE commission on legal issues and human rights (until March 25)

PARIS - A PACE commission on equal opportunities for men and women will convene (until March 25)

March 23

BRUSSELS - International donors' conference on modernizing Ukraine's gas transmission system

STRASBOURG - European Parliament plenary session

BRUSSELS - An international donor conference on modernizing Ukraine's gas transit system

BEIJING - A conference on Russian-Chinese relations during the global economic crisis (until March 24)

March 24

MOSCOW - Third annual conference on electric power market (Ritz-Carlton hotel)

TALLINN - Tallinn district court will consider an appeal against acquittal of Bronze Soldier defenders

March 25

MOSCOW - The board of directors of the Russian flagship air carrier Aeroflot will convene

ST. PETERSBURG - Second international MPExpo-2009 (Modern equipment and advanced technologies for power industry)

MINSK - Session of Joint Consultative Commission on Disarmament

March 26

BRUSSELS - The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, will chair a European Business Summit (until March 27)

PARIS, France - First Meeting of States Parties to the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket bearing a Soyuz TMA-14 carrier rocket will be launched to the ISS

March 27

MOSCOW - The Russian Public Chamber will hold a plenary session on Russia's economic strategy amid the global financial crisis

MOSCOW - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization will hold a special conference on Afghanistan

MOSCOW - Second annual conference, Aviaforum 2009 (Marriott Grand Hotel)

ST. PETERSBURG - A Russian-German forum to discuss the global financial crisis and commodity issues (until March 28)

MOSCOW - The 15th Golden Mask Performing Arts Festival will be held (until April 17)

March 28

MOSCOW - Russia will meet Azerbaijan in a 2010 World Cup qualifier

MOSCOW - Russian Fashion Week (until April 4)

March 29

EUROPE / RUSSIA - Russia, Europe will switch to daylight saving time

ROME - A meeting of G8 labor ministers

PODGORICA, Montenegro - Early parliamentary elections

March 30

ST. PETERSBURG - An inter-parliamentary conference, Nord Stream: parliamentary dimension (until March 31)

VIENNA, Austria - An international IAEA symposium on nuclear security (until April 3)

DOHA, Qatar - Arab League summit

March 31

THE HAGUE, the Netherlands - An international conference on Afghanistan

APRIL

April 1

LONDON - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama

LICHTENSTEIN - Russia will meet Lichtenstein in a 2010 World Cup qualifier

April 2

LONDON - G20 summit

MINSK - The Belarusian parliament will consider recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

April 3

MOSCOW - Nika award ceremony

GERMANY / FRANCE - NATO summit (until April 4)

MOSCOW - 20th congress of the Association of Russian Banks (ARB)

LONDON, U.K. - British Book Awards ceremony

April 4

MOSCOW - Winners of Russia's state award in modern art will be announced

April 5

MOLDOVA - Presidential elections

CZECH REPUBLIC - U.S. President Barack Obama will pay a visit

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to attend a U.S.-EU summit on the global financial crisis and security issues

April 6

MOSCOW - An Italian economic delegation led by Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola will pay a visit (until April 9)

ISTANBUL, Turkey - U.S. President Barack Obama will pay a visit (until April 7)

April 7

MOSCOW - Tenth international scientific conference on development of economy and society (until April 9)

April 8

MOSCOW - A conference of nuclear industry suppliers

April 9

ALGIERS, Algeria - Presidential elections

April 10

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - CIS foreign ministers will meet

April 11

ST. PETERSBURG - International ballet festival, "Dance open" 2009

April 14

UKRAINE / POLAND - UEFA President Michel Platini will pay a visit

April 15

MOSCOW - Winners of the international energy prize, Global Energy, will be announced

MOSCOW - 15th annual exhibition of advertising industry, Design and Advertising (until April 18)

April 16

YEREVAN, Armenia - Foreign ministers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization (BSEC) will meet

STRASBOURG - The European Court of Human Rights will hear Georgia's suit against Russia for violating the rights of Georgian immigrants

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