* The Russian Federal Space Agency will host a news conference on the upcoming MAKS-2005 international air show at noon.
* Leader of the Rodina (Homeland) party and parliamentary faction Dmitry Rogozin will give a news conference on the faction's inquiry to the Military Prosecutor's Office concerning the AS-28 submersible incident at 11.00 a.m.
* RIA Novosti will host the following news conferences:
- with State Secretary of the Russia-Belarus Union Pavel Borodin on the topic, The Union State of Russia and Belarus: Toward Leading Positions on the International Scene at 10.00 a.m.
- on the topic, Prospects for the Resolution of the North Korean Nuclear Problem Following the Regular Round of the Six-Nation Talks, at 11.00 a.m.
* The Tverskoi Court of Moscow will consider a petition by defenders of 39 activists of the National-Bolshevik Party regarding their release.
* The Presnensky Court of Moscow will consider the lawsuit brought by astrologer Marina Bai against NASA for bombing the Tempel-1 comet.
VERKHNE-OBSKOYE, ALTAI TERRITORY
* The funeral of governor of the Altai territory Mikhail Yevdokimov, who was killed in a car accident on August 7, will take place in his native village.
YEKATERINBURG
* A session of the council under the presidential envoy to the Ural Federal District will be held to discuss the preparedness of industrial and social facilities for possible power outages. Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev is expected to attend the session.
BATUMI, GEORGIA
* The Nikolai Filchenko and Azov amphibious assault ships of the Russian Navy will arrive in Batumi for the withdrawal of military hardware from the 12th Russian military base in Georgia.
CRIMEA, UKRAINE
* The Peace Shield-2005 maneuvers will enter their active phase.
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