The Russian Information Agency Novosti begins Hotline coverage for Tuesday, April 26, 2005.
MOSCOW
* Sergei Ivanov, Russia's Defense Minister, meets in conference with Anatoli Gritsenko, his Ukrainian counterpart.
* RIA Novosti hosts the following news conferences:
- Salome Zurabishvili, Georgia's Foreign Minister, on the prospects of Georgian-Russian relations. 14.00;
- on the 19th Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster anniversary. Taking part are Ivan Silayev, then Russia's Prime Minister; Army General Vladimir Govorov, Hero of the Soviet Union and former chief of the USSR Civil Defense Service; and Army General Vladimir Lobov, former Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces. 15.00.
* The Institute of Nuclear Industrial Safety under the Russian Academy of Sciences hosts an interbranch seminar to sum up efforts against the Chernobyl disaster aftermath. 14.00
* Rosbalt news agency hosts a news conference on, "The President's State-of-the-Nation Address to the Federal Assembly. Russia's New Foreign Political Doctrine for the Post-Soviet Area". The conference will gather Sergei Markov, Institute of Political Studies Director and National Strategy Council co-chair; Valeri Khomyakov, National Strategy Council Director General; and Vladimir Zharikhin, National Strategy Council member and Deputy Director, Institute of CIS Countries Studies. 13.30
CHERNIGOV, UKRAINE
* Victor Chernomyrdin, Russia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine, is visiting the Chernigov Region on its governor Vladislav Atroshenko's invitation.
UFA, BASHKORTOSTAN
* Lithuania Days in Bashkortostan are taking start. Rimantas Sidlauskas, Lithuania's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia, will attend the opening galas.
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