* Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will participate in extended interstate consultations with members of the Russian and Italian governments.
* Secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov will take part in the roundtable on drafting of the new Russian national security concept (key threats to national security, Russia's national interests and mechanisms of their implementation).
* The Russian federal press and mass communications agency will host a press conference with organizers of the first all-Russia competition of electronic mass media (radio and television) "For the perfect command of the Russian language in professional activities".
* The strategic development center will host a seminar on prospects of the administrative reform.
* Experts will discuss the two models of Ukraine's development after the second round of the elections.
* Vice President of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems Leonid Ivashov will give a press conference on prospects of Russian-Ukrainian relations in case of Viktor Yushchenko's victory.
* Moscow will host a press conference on the first results of the elections in the United States.
* The Russian Information Agency Novosti will host the following press conferences on:
- allergology and immunology in practical pediatrics;
- the elections in Ukraine and prospects of Russian-Ukrainian relations.
* The 3rd annual conference "Russia's gas and electric energy" organized by the Adam Smith Institute will continue its work.
* President of the Russian Union of Entrepreneurs and Leasers Andrei Bunich will take part in a briefing on the privatization problems in Russia.
* The Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry will host a session of the organizing committee of the Days of Small and Medium-Sized Business in Russia.
* Moscow will host the 7th international business conference "Russian market of precious metals and stones: condition and prospects".
* The World Wildlife Fund will organize a press conference on the ratification of the Kyoto protocol.
* The All-Russia Exposition Center (VVTs) will host a press conference as part of the 8th international specialized exhibition and the 3rd international congress "Labor security and protection-2004".
* The Central House of Journalists will host a session of the permanent IT-Club entitled "Computer future is born today".
* Moscow Deputy Mayor Valery Shantsev will meet with representatives of the PACE Monitoring Commission David Atkinson and Rudolf Bindig. They are to discuss the reforms of the registration system, freedom of movement and choice of the place of residence, freedom of worship and issues concerning registration of religious organizations.
* Deputy head of the department of consumer market and services Larisa Korzhneva will give a press conference on the development and innovations of consumer services in Moscow.
* Gifts collected by the Moscow branch of the Russian Red Cross Committee as part of the action "Moscow's Children to Beslan's Children" will be sent to Moscow hospitals, rehabilitation centers and the office of the North Ossetian permanent representative under the Russian President.
* Chairman of the Moscow sports committee Sergei Korol will give a press conference entitled "From a sports school to a gold medal".
SOCHI
* The annual meeting of heads of border services of the Black Sea countries (Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania and Bulgaria) will open in Sochi.
VELIKY NOVGOROD
* The 5th open festival of comedy movies Russia, Smile!" will start in Veliky Novgorod.
YEREVAN
* The 12th session of the council of ministers, heads of CIS state departments dealing with youth affairs will open in Yerevan.
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