April 2 - May 3 calendar

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APRIL

April 2

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

ST. PETERSBURG - Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will pay a visit (until April 5)

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - A nationwide conference to prepare presidential elections will be held (until April 3)

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

MOSCOW - A Russian-Ukrainian commission on economic cooperation is expected to hold a session

MOSCOW - Russia's Union of Writers will hold a regular meeting (until April 10)

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 12

WORLDWIDE - The Roman Catholic Church celebrates Easter

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

MOSCOW - An international congress and exhibition, Education without borders-2009 (until April 17)

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 energy summit, 'Natural gas for Europe: safety and partnership' (until April 25)

April 25

ICELAND - Early parliamentary elections

April 26

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

April 27

WASHINGTON - 28th annual Russian Forum

April 28

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

April 29

BANGKOK - A Thai court will hear extradition case of Russian businessman Viktor Bout

April 30

MOSCOW - The permanent council on energy partnership between the European Union and Russia will hold a session

May 2

MONGOLIA - The six-month Silk Road camel expedition through Mongolia, Altai, Kazakhstan and Kalmykia will begin

May 3

GEORGIA - Drills of NATO member states and partners

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