The Russian Information Agency Novosti begins Hotline coverage for Thursday, September 9, 2004.
MOSCOW
* The Federal Cabinet holds session, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov chairing.
* Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, greets this year's college and university alumni newly employed by the ministry.
* An ad hoc team of the State Duma, Russian parliament's lower house, for toughening anti-terror laws has a maiden session. Speaker Boris Gryzlov has the chair.
* Mark Franco, newly appointed European Commission Moscow office head, addresses newsmen.
* A roundtable is gathering on the interlinks of security, transport and economic progress.
* The Moscow city court will consider an appeal of Leonid Nevzlin's lawyers against his arrest, as warranted by the Basmanny district court.
* A news conference gathers on, "What Matters Most Lies Ahead", on the eve of an 8th session of the International Assembly of Metropolitan Cities and Megalopolises.
* A commemorative rally gathers at a stele in Guryanov Street, where a mined residential house blasted five years ago this day.
* A news conference offers details of Maly Theatre guest performances in Japan on its Chekhov Festival.
* An Ice Sport Palace has a gala opening in Krylatskoye.
* Organisers of Russia's 3rd open Crystal Saddle Cup riding contest address a news conference.
ST. PETERSBURG
* A research conference is taking start, to last two days, on Admiralty Shipyard contribution to shipbuilding R&D progress in Russia and the world.
ARCTIC
* Russia's North Pole 33 research station, on a drifting icefield, opens in a gala.
SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA, UKRAINE
* Official events begin to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War start. HRH Michael the Prince of Kent is attending. The galas will last into September 10.
TARANTO, ITALY
* Black Sea Fleet warships of the Russian Navy arrive in Italy. Their schedule envisages an official visit to Taranto, the host country's central naval base.
VENICE, ITALY
* A 9th international biennial architecture show is opening. Close on a hundred young Russian architects are taking part.
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