* Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma.
MOSCOW
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov.
* Special forces commander, Colonel General Yuri Solovyov will give a press conference on Moscow's anti-ballistic missile defense, its condition and prospects of development.
* An exposition "Artists against drugs" will be presented as part of the action "Beauty is to save the world from drugs", organized by the federal drug control service.
* Alu Alkhanov, Chechen presidential nominee, will meet with representatives of the Chechen diaspora of the Moscow region and other Russian regions.
* The Izvestia media center will host a press conference on the situation in the Russian banking market with President of the Russian Banks Association Garegin Tosunyan.
* The Russian Information Agency Novosti will host:
- a press conference with American actor Jed Allan starring in the documentary Real Moscow, or The Adventures of an American in Russia (he played CC Capwell in Santa Barbara TV series, which was released 20 years ago);
- a press conference on the first public socio-economic forum entitled Power. Business. Society-2004, which will be held in Moscow from November 19 to 20, 2004.
STOCKHOLM
* A submarine and rescue vessel of the Baltic Fleet flying the flag of the fleet commander will start an official visit to Sweden (August 18-23).
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