OCTOBER
October 21
MOSCOW - Chechen President Alu Alkhanov will give a news conference on the first anniversary of his presidency and the situation in Chechnya.
ABUJA - Nigeria's Federal Court will hear the case of Russian sailors accused of oil smuggling.
October 22
MOSCOW REGION - The fourth annual session of the Russia in United Europe committee (until October 23).
October 23
KAMCHATKA, KORYAKIA - A referendum on the unification of the far eastern Kamchatka region and the Koryak autonomous district into a single Russian Federation member.
VILNIUS - NATO-Ukraine informal, top-level talks (until October 24).
October 24
STRASBOURG - A plenary session of the European Parliament (until October 27).
October 25
MOSCOW - The second international summit of financial directors organized by the Adam Smith Institute (until October 27).
MOSCOW - Fashion Week in Moscow, the presentation of spring/summer 2006 collections (until October 30).
MOSCOW - The fourth Profession and Health all-Russia congress (until October 27).
MOSCOW - The eighth all-Russia congress, Banking Security: The Condition and Development Prospects (until October 27).
ANCONA, ITALY - A session of the Russian-Italian task force on the formation of Italian-type industrial districts in Russia will be held (until October 26).
October 26
MOSCOW - The eighth Eurasian TV forum (until October 30).
MOSCOW - A congress of the Federation of Restaurant and Hotel Owners (until October 28).
MOSCOW - The International Kremlin Culinary Cup (until October 29).
TARANTO, ITALY - Open court hearings on the murder of Russian national Alexander Rozenbakh, 17, by an Italian sailor in a fight on September 11, 2001.
October 27
MOSCOW - A roundtable on corporate management, the investment climate and the development of project financing in Russia.
LONDON (Surrey) - An informal meeting between the leaders of 25 EU countries (until October 28).
October 28
MOSCOW - The Private Banking conference.
MOSCOW - The awards ceremony of the Hospitality-2005 national prize.
PARIS - A week of Russian films, organized by the Russian Culture and Mass Communication Ministry and the Pierre Cardin center, will open (until November 2).
October 29
MOSCOW - The 11th special congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
October 31
MOSCOW - The fifth Russian Oil and Natural Gas Week (until November 2).
NOVEMBER
November 2
MOSCOW - The third international conference, Russian Railways on the Transportation Services Market: Cooperation and Partnership (until November 3).
MOSCOW - An international conference on affordable housing in Russia (until November 3).
November 3
MOSCOW - A business forum on the topic, Methods of Appraising Effectiveness of Social Responsibility Policy.
MOSCOW - The National Ecological Awards second ceremony.
November 6
MOSCOW - A seminar, How to Become a Gazprom Supplier.
BAKU - Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
November 7
GENEVA - The World Health Organization's international conference on bird flu (until November 9).
November 8
MOSCOW - The ninth awards ceremony of the Darin national prize of the Russian Business and Entrepreneurship Academy.
MOSCOW - The RybpromExpo-2005 international fishery exhibition (until November 11).
November 9
MOSCOW - The Organizational Technologies in Banks-2005 international forum.
MOSCOW - The second all-Russia tax forum, Business and state tax policy.
LONDON - The Russian and CIS Oil and Natural Gas annual conference organized by the Energy Exchange company (until November 10).
November 11
KHANTY-MANSIISK - The fifth Seagull theater festival (until November 19).
November 14
MOSCOW - The Russian Metal Market eighth international conference will open as part of Metal Week in Moscow (November 14-18).
November 16
MOSCOW - A plenary session of the scientific-technical congress for security on the topic, Security is the basis of stable development in regions and large cities.
November 17
MOSCOW - The Russian National Olympus 12th awards ceremony.
DOHA - An international conference of Afghanistan's donor countries.
November 18
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit (until November 19).
MOSCOW, KAZAN - A festival of Egyptian culture in Russia (until November 28).
November 20
TOKYO - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Japan (until November 21).
November 22
MOSCOW - The Moscow Business Dialogue international forum (until November 23).
MOSCOW - A conference, Producers against Fake Goods: Strategies and Successes (until November 23).
ST. PETERSBURG - An international conference against illegal tree felling with representatives from 56 countries.
