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NOVEMBER
November 30
MOSCOW - A session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
MOSCOW - The fourth inter-regional conference, Entrepreneurship in Industry: Development Paths (until December 1).
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - "The Day of the Russian Economy - 2005" Russian-German forum involving Russian Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref.
LONDON - The Sakhalin Oil and Natural Gas ninth conference (until December 1).
DECEMBER
December 1
MOSCOW - The second annual federal investment forum (until December 2).
MOSCOW - The annual national forum, Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia (until December 2).
MOSCOW - Parliamentary hearings on the implementation of oil and natural gas projects on Russia's Arctic shelf.
ST. PETERSBURG - A conference on Micro-financing in Russia: Successful Strategies for Economic Growth.
December 2
MOSCOW - A roundtable on the priorities for Russia's international scientific-technical and innovation cooperation.
MOSCOW - A conference on business innovation.
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).
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
MOSCOW - A conference on the strategy of state regulation of natural and mineral resources.
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.
ROME - The Olympic flame will be delivered from Greece to Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
December 10
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 - 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 31
LISBON - The 28th Dakar-2006 off-road rally will start.
