2005
DECEMBER
December 2
MOSCOW - Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's routine visit.
MOSCOW - A roundtable on the priorities for Russia's international scientific-technical and innovation cooperation.
MOSCOW - A conference on business innovation.
KISLOVODSK - A conference on the socio-economic development of the Southern Federal District with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref, Regional Development Minister Vladimir Yakovlev and regional heads.
VLADIKAVKAZ - The signing of an agreement between North Ossetia and Swiss company ABB on the implementation of an unprecedented program to modernize water supplies.
YEREVAN - The Russian National Exhibition in Armenia (until December 5).
HANOI - Days of Moscow (until December 3).
LONDON - The final session of G8 finance ministers and central bank heads to summarize the British G8 presidency (until December 3).
SAN FRANCISCO, U.S.A. - The Federal District Court of San Francisco will deliver a verdict on the case of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavel Lazarenko.
December 3
MOSCOW - German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier's one-day routine visit.
December 4
MOSCOW - Elections to the Moscow City Duma and by-elections to the State Duma in two districts.
ASTANA - Presidential elections in Kazakhstan.
BEIJING - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's visit to China (until December 7).
December 5
BAGHDAD - The trial of Saddam Hussein will resume.
December 6
MOSCOW - The Russian Industry for the Oil and Natural Gas Complex specialized exhibition (until December 8).
LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA - The LIMA-2005 Asia-Pacific Air Show (until December 11).
December 7
MOSCOW - A conference on the strategy of state regulation of natural and mineral resources.
MOSCOW - The final conference of the EU TACIS (Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States) project, Corporate Management in Russia.
BRUSSELS - Talks between a Russian delegation and the Commission of the European Communities.
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - An extraordinary summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
December 8
MOSCOW - The second international anti-terrorism media forum under the auspices of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (until December 10).
MOSCOW - The Tverskoy Court will issue a verdict on the case of 39 members of the National Bolshevik Party accused of seizing an office of the presidential staff.
BRUSSELS - A meeting of the foreign ministers of the Russia-NATO Council.
ROME - The Olympic flame will be delivered from Greece to Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
December 10
GUDERMES, CHECHNYA - The Islam for Peace international forum on combating terrorism and extremism.
STOCKHOLM/OSLO - 2005 Nobel Prize award ceremony.
December 12
MALAYSIA - The Russia-ASEAN Summit (December 12-13).
GRAND CANARY, SPAIN - The international economic cooperation forum, Europe Meets China (until December 12).
December 13
MOSCOW - A ceremony for "Russian corporate management leaders."
MOSCOW - A roundtable on the topic, "Mortgage: a Government PR-project or a Real Financing Mechanism for the Building Market."
HONG KONG - The sixth ministerial session of the World Trade Organization.
December 14
MOSCOW - A session of the presidium of the presidential council for national projects.
MOSCOW - The ninth all-Russia exposition of national products (until December 19).
December 15
MOSCOW - A nationwide conference on legislative aspects and problems of cooperation development (until December 16).
BAGHDAD - Parliamentary elections in Iraq.
December 17
MOSCOW - A congress of the Russian Pensioners' Party.
December 23
TYUMEN - The first leg of Kostya Tszyu's international professional boxing cup.
WARSAW - Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski will conclude his term in office.
December 27
IVANOVO - Mikhail Men's inauguration ceremony as governor of the Ivanovo region.
December 29
MOSCOW - A session of the State Council on the implementation of key national projects.
December 30
UKRAINE/IRAQ - The completion of the withdrawal of Ukrainian peacekeepers from Iraq.
December 31
LISBON - The 28th Dakar-2006 off-road rally will start.
2006
JANUARY
January 10
MOSCOW - The beginning of the spring session of the State Duma (until July 16).
