November 9
MOSCOW - The second all-Russia tax forum, Business and state tax policy.
VELIKY NOVGOROD - An international conference on legal aspects of ecological security in Europe.
BEIJING - The fifth round of the six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear problem.
LISBON - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's two-day visit to Portugal.
LONDON - The Russian and CIS Oil and Natural Gas annual conference organized by the Energy Exchange company (until November 10).
ISTANBUL - The third international Caspian summit for banks, financing, and investments for the Caspian region, Turkey, the CIS, and Central Asia (Banking and Finance 2005).
November 10
BERLIN - Chinese President Hu Jintao's three-day visit to Germany to meet with outgoing Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza Rice beginning a tour of the Middle East and Asia (November 10-21), to visit Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Israel (including Palestinian-administered territories), South Korea, China and Mongolia.
November 11
MOSCOW - A conference, Major Russian companies - the basis of economic growth.
MOSCOW - The eleventh congress of Russian Mining Industrialists.
MOSCOW - A business meeting on the use of the Eurasian Economic Community's customs union to boost business in EurAsEC member states.
MOSCOW - A roundtable on the topic, Homeless children threaten national security.
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).
ANTALYA, TURKEY - An international conference on competition held under the auspices of the United Nations once in five years (until November 18).
November 15
MOSCOW - RusEnergyLaw Week-2005 (until November 18).
AQABA, JORDAN - A meeting of Russian and Arab investors (until November 17).
LJUBLJANA - A session of the Joint Control Commission for the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict resolution will be held under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (until November 16).
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.
ST. PETERSBURG - A congress of CIS and Baltic non-governmental organizations on cooperation in the spheres of science, culture, and education. Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov will attend.
November 17
MOSCOW - The Russian National Olympus 12th awards ceremony.
ST. PETERSBURG - An international conference on cooperation against drug addiction and illicit drug trafficking.
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 19
ROME - A conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Program (until November 26).
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.
BERLIN - New members of the German Bundestag (parliament) will vote for Angela Merkel's candidacy for chancellor.
November 23
MOSCOW - The 13th international professional exhibition Press 2006 (until November 26).
MOSCOW - The Metal-Fuel and Energy Complex annual conference-2005.
MALTA - The Commonwealth summit (until November 25).
November 25
MOSCOW - The open CIS, Baltic and Eastern European Taekwondo championship (until November 26).
November 26
KRASNOYARSK - A congress of the United Russia party on the development program of Siberia and the Far East.
KHANTY-MANSIISK - The World Chess Cup (until December 17).
November 27
GROZNY - Parliamentary elections in Chechnya.
GREECE - The Olympic flame for the 2006 Winter Games at Turin will be lit in ancient Olympia.
November 28
BAGHDAD - The trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his seven accomplices will be resumed.
November 29
MOSCOW - The first annual conference, The Russian market of collective investments (until November 30).
MOSCOW - The seventh annual Product of the Year awards ceremony.
DUSHANBE - The Russian National Exhibition (until December 2).
November 30
LONDON - The Sakhalin Oil and Natural Gas conference (until December 1).
ROME/ANKARA - Pope Benedict XVI is set to visit Turkey and meet with Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew.
DECEMBER
December 1
MOSCOW - The second annual federal investment forum (until December 2).
December 2
YEREVAN - The Russian National Exhibition in Armenia (until December 5).
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 4
MOSCOW - Elections to the Moscow City Duma and by-elections to the State Duma in two districts.
ASTANA - Presidential elections in Kazakhstan.
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
JIDDA, SAUDI ARABIA - An extraordinary summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
December 10
STOCKHOLM/OSLO - 2005 Nobel Prize award ceremony.
December 12
MALAYSIA - The Russia-ASEAN Summit (until December 13).
GRAND CANARIA, SPAIN - World Economic Forum Europe Meets China (until December 14).
