March 27 - April 27 calendar

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MARCH

March 27

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

WASHINGTON, - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with heads of largest U.S. banks

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)

CHINA - The year of Russian language in China will begin

March 28

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

MOSCOW - Russian Fashion Week (until April 4)

WORLDWIDE - A worldwide campaign, Earth Hour 2009, which is aimed at getting 1 billion people in 80 countries to switch off their lights as part of a campaign to raise awareness for global warming (8:30 p.m. local time)

March 29

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

ROME - A meeting of G8 labor ministers

PODGORICA, Montenegro - Early parliamentary elections

VALENCIA, Spain - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is to hold a session on fulfilling commitments by member-states (until April 1)

SOFIA, Bulgaria - The secretariat of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy will hold a session (until April 1)

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

BAIKONUR - A Proton-M rocket bearing a Eutelsat W2A communications satellite will be launched

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Heads of state from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will meet to discuss the situations in Zimbabwe and Madagascar

March 31

MOSCOW - A meeting of CIS finance ministers will be held

THE HAGUE, the Netherlands - An international conference on Afghanistan

IRAQ - The U.K. will start troop withdrawal

U.K. - New visa rules for foreign students will come into force

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

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

DUSHANBE - An interstate council on media, publishing and typography will convene (until April 2)

April 2

MOSCOW - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will visit Russia to discuss trade and economic cooperation (until April 4)

MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will address the State Duma

LONDON - G20 summit

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

NAZRAN, Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia - A court will begin hearing the case into the death of an opposition journalist, Magomed Yevloyev

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

TEL AVIV, Israel - A new Israeli government is expected to be formed

April 4

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

April 5

MOSCOW - The Italian economic mission, led by the minister for economic development, Claudio Scajola, will pay a visit (until April 9)

MOLDOVA - Presidential elections

PRAGUE - 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)

ISTANBUL, Turkey - The second annual Forum for the Alliance of Civilizations (until April 7)

CHINA - Russia's Admiral Vinogradov destroyer will pay a visit (until April 10)

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands - The UN's highest court, the International Court of Justice, will hear Belgium's charges against Senegal over its refusal to extradite former president of Chad, Hissene Habre (until April 8)

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

GEORGIA - The opposition will start protests demanding the resignation of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili

SOUTH KOREA - Joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises will begin (until April 20)

BAGHDAD - Extended national reconciliation conference

April 10

MOSCOW - An anti-crisis program will be submitted to the Russian government

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - CIS foreign ministers will meet

April 11

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

April 13

MOSCOW - 15th International Exhibition "Protection, Security and Fire Safety" (MIPS 2009) will open (until April 16)

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)

SWITZERLAND - The board of directors of Switzerland's UBS bank are expected to elect as chairman the former Swiss president and finance minister Kaspar Villiger

April 16

KAZAN - International forum "Developing an innovative space in the CIS" (until April 17)

KAZAKHSTAN - A peace march from Kazakhstan to Jordan via Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey and Syria will start

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

INDIA - Parliamentary elections (until May 13)

MOSCOW - The Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square will reopen after maintenance works

MEXICO - U.S. President Barack Obama will pay a visit (until April 17)

April 18

CISON DI VALMARINO, Italy - G8 agriculture ministers will hold a session (until April 22)

April 19

MOSCOW - The eighth Moscow Easter Festival will open (until May 9)

LONDON - The second Russia Investment Roadshow will open (until April 21)

NORTHERN CYPRUS - Parliamentary elections

April 20

EUROPE/RUSSIA - European Immunization Week (until April 26)

SAN FRANCISCO - The 20th annual Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony

LONDON - Annual International Book Fair (until April 22)

GENEVA, Switzerland - The Durban Review Conference will convene to discuss progress towards the goals set by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (until April 24)

MADRID - An international congress on internet development (until April 24)

April 21

MOSCOW - Northern social-ecological congress (until April 22)

KHANTY-MANSIISK - Final stage of Russian TEFI award ceremony (until April 24)

April 22

MOSCOW - An all-Russian forum, Intellectual property - 21st century, will open

ITALY - G8 environment ministers will meet (until April 24)

BEIRUT - A book forum will be held

April 23

MOSCOW - Annual meeting of MICEX shareholders

TURKMENISTAN - An international conference on energy transit (until April 24)

KAZAKHSTAN - Eurasian media-forum (until April 24)

VIENNA - Third banking forum of CIS and Eastern Europe (until April 25)

April 24

SOFIA, Bulgaria - An international conference on Nabucco pipeline project

April 25

ICELAND - Early parliamentary elections

April 26

SOCHI, South Russia - The mayor of the 2014 Winter Olympics host city will be elected

April 28

MOSCOW - Seventh international conference to discuss tackling money laundering and terrorist funding

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