* Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Malaysia on a two-day visit. He will attend the first Russia-ASEAN summit.
MOSCOW
* Russian Regional Development Minister Vladimir Yakovlev will chair the session on the implementation of the national project in the housing sector (11:00 a.m.).
* Speaker of the Russian Federation Council (parliament's upper house) Sergei Mironov will meet with Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Gholam Ali Haddad-adel (11:00 a.m.).
* The State Duma will host:
- a session of the lower chamber's council (10:00 a.m.);
- parliamentary hearings in women's rights in the Russian legislation (10:00 a.m.);
- parliamentary hearings on the implementation of the national project Health (3:00 p.m.).
* RIA Novosti will host the following news conferences:
- on the topic, Will the State Duma rid Moscow of slot machines? (11:00 a.m.);
- on the topic, The Russian Prize to CIS writers (1:00 a.m.);
- with chairman of the State Duma committee for energy, transport and communications Valery Yazev on Russia's natural gas agenda: the Russian-Ukrainian talks, the adoption of the law lifting the "ring fence" around shares in energy giant Gazprom and the beginning of the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline (2:00 p.m.).
* The 17th congress of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) will be held (10:00 a.m.).
* The Association of Russian Builders will hold a roundtable on the topic, Mortgage: a Government PR-project or a Real Financing Mechanism for the Building Market? (12:00 p.m.). Regional Development Minister Vladimir Yakovlev, Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and others are invited.
* The Association for the Protection of Investors' Rights will hold a roundtable on the topic, Corporate Management in Russia: 2005 Results, (1:30 p.m.), and a ceremony, Russian Corporate Management Leaders, (6:00 p.m.).
* A conference, Unified Energy System: New Companies, will be held (12:00 p.m.).
* The Russian Brand 14th international exhibition will open at the All-Russia Exposition Center (12:00 p.m.; December 13-16).
* The association for intellectual property issues will hold a conference on the regulation of relations in the use of intellectual property facilities (10:00 a.m.).
* The International Brand Academy will hold the third annual summit of brand leaders (December 13-14).
* The Communist Party leaders will give a news conference on the results of the Moscow legislature elections and plans of the Communist faction in the Moscow Duma (12:00 a.m.).
* The State Kremlin Palace will host the 13th ceremony of the international awards For Faith and Loyalty (7:00 p.m.).
NOVOSIBIRSK
* The Novosibirsk Regional Court will resume hearings of the case of nine skinheads accused of attacking Central Asian nationals and inciting inter-ethnic tension.
ROSTOV-ON-DON
* A delegation of the Chechen Republic headed by President Alu Alkhanov will arrive in the Rostov Region to discuss trade and economic, cultural and scientific-technical cooperation.
HONG KONG
* The sixth ministerial session of the World Trade Organization will open (December 13-18). Representatives of 149 WTO member-states and some 30 candidates for membership, including Russia, will attend.
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