* The President Hotel will host the eighth two-day international forum on constitutional justice on the topic, The Implementation of Rulings of the European Court of Human Rights by the Constitutional Courts of European Countries (10:00 a.m.). Judges from Russia, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Tajikistan, Latvia and Lithuania will attend.
* A video conference on the results of the Russian-EU project for regional reform with Russian Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref and the head of the European Commission's delegation in Moscow Marc Franco will be held (9:30 a.m.).
* The State Duma (parliament's lower chamber) will consider amendments to the laws on the Russian Public Chamber, the media, defense, gas distribution, etc. (10:00 a.m.).
* The State Duma will host a news conference on human rights with members of the Communist party (12:00 p.m.).
* RIA Novosti will host the following news conferences:
- with head of the Russian Global Climate and Ecology Institute Yury Izrael on the topic, It is Possible to Manage the Climate (12:00 p.m.);
- on the tenth anniversary of the Banking Industrial Center group, with its President Anatoly Loginov (12:00 p.m.).
* European consulting company EPPA and the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service will hold a seminar on trends and prospects for anti-monopoly regulations in Russia (5:00 p.m.).
* The Business Russia nationwide public organization will hold a roundtable on intellectual property protection and the fight against counterfeit products (10:00 a.m.).
* The World Health Organization's Alliance for Patient Safety will hold a news conference on patient safety with Russian Deputy Health and Social Development Minister Vladimir Starodubov, Alliance President Sir Liam Donaldson, and WHO Regional Director for Europe Marc Danzon (12:40 p.m.).
* The constituent conference of the Economic Council of the International Assembly of Capitals and Megalopolises will be held (11:00 a.m.).
* A news conference on the 22nd international festival of youth and children's movies, opening in Moscow December 20, will be held (1:00 p.m.).
* The final conference of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union will be held to discuss 2005 competition results (12:00 p.m.).
BABAYEVO, VOLOGDA REGION
* A ceremony marking the first link-up of the North European Gas Pipeline will be held. Russian Industry and Energy Minister, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, and German Minister for Economics and Technology Michael Glos will attend.
TAMBOV
* Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov will pay a one-day routine visit to the Tambov Region (central European Russia).
YAROSLAVL
* Russian Regional Development Minister Vladimir Yakovlev will visit the Yaroslavl Region (to the north of Moscow).
VLADIKAVKAZ
* The North Ossetian authorities and Swiss companies will sign an agreement on the modernization of the water supply system in Vladikavkaz, the capital of the North Caucasus Republic. North Ossetian President Taimuraz Mamsurov and Presidential Envoy in the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak will attend the ceremony.
CHELYABINSK
* Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin will visit the Chelyabinsk Region in the Urals area.
ST. PETERSBURG
*A conference, Ukraine and its Neighbors: a Year after the Orange Revolution, will be held. Russian, Ukrainian, German, Polish, and NATO experts will attend.
ROSTOV-ON-DON
* A conference on the fight of public and religious organizations against terrorism and extremism will be held.
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