- Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexis II will serve a divine liturgy at 9.30 and participate in the handover ceremony of the copy of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan to the Russian Orthodox Church by the Vatican delegation.
- A group of international observers will monitor the presidential elections in Chechnya.
- The press center of the Russian Olympic Committee will host a discussion "Russian fans are patriots of the Fatherland". Moreover, committee's president Leonid Tyagachev, Russian champions and prize-winners will participate in the final televised conference with Athens.
- A press conference on the preliminary results of the Olympic Games will be held at the Sport TV channel studio. Head of the federal agency for physical culture, sports and tourism will participate in it.
- The 12th all-Russia fair of honey and beekeeping products will open in the Kolomenskoye museum-reserve.
VELIKY NOVGOROD
* The ASMAP Profi-2004 professional contest of truck drivers will be held at the Yuryevo air field in Veliky Novgorod. About 30 Russian and foreign teams are to participate in it. They may be joined by foreign collegues.
ASTANA
* A session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Central Asian Cooperation will open in Astana. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Razov will take part in it. Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev is expected to meet with participants.
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