* The Russian Interior Ministry will host a news conference on intellectual property violations (11:00 a.m.).
* A news conference on the key problems of forensic examination at the Justice Ministry's institutions will be held (11:00 a.m.).
* RIA Novosti will host:
- a roundtable on children's security on the Internet, organized by the Russian committee of the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Information For All program, Microsoft office in Russia and the CIS, the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) and Interpol (11:00).
- a news conference with Antonio Maria Costa, the director-general of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, on the reduction of opium poppy cultivation and drug trafficking profits in Afghanistan in 2005 (1:00 p.m.);
- a news conference with head of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Alexander Bedritsky on the weather forecast for winter (2:00 p.m.);
- a news conference on the opening of the Native Ukraine fund to help Ukrainians in Russia (3:00 p.m.);
- a Moscow-Cairo video link-up on the topic, the presidential elections in Egypt as a new step toward progress and reforms in the country (6:00 p.m.).
* Antonio Maria Costa, director-general of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and UN goodwill ambassador and movie star Julia Ormond will attend:
- a roundtable on human trafficking problems in Russia and the world (10:00 a.m.);
- a news conference on the fight against human trafficking and the spread of HIV/AIDS spread (4:00 p.m.).
* The Moscow Court will continue hearing the appeal against the sentence to Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.
* A news conference on the 2nd world circus festival in Moscow will be held (12:00 p.m.).
* The Moscow international fine arts salon, featuring 68 galleries, will open (September 20-26).
IRKUTSK
* Russian Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref will visit Lake Baikal and hold a session on the development of tourism in the region.
VLADIVOSTOK
* Battleships from the Pacific Fleet will embark on a cruise to India, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. The ships will participate in the Inda-2005 Russian-Indian naval exercises and return to Vladivostok on Dec. 14.
MURMANSK
* A delegation of the Norwegian Armed Forces' North regional command and Navy's coastguard will arrive in Murmansk (the Kola peninsula).
TYUMEN
* The 12th international exhibition, Oil and Gas, Fuel and Energy Complex, will open.
TULA
* Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia will arrive in Tula to mark the 625th anniversary of the Kulikovo Battle, the first Russian defeat of the Tatars (September 21).
BISHKEK
* Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov will arrive in Bishkek to discuss military cooperation and the fight against extremism and terrorism with the Kyrgyz government.
KIEV
* The Ukrainian parliament, the Supreme Rada, will discuss acting Prime Minister Yury Yekhanurov's candidacy for the post.
NEW YORK
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend a session of the Middle East Quartet during the 60th session of the UN General Assembly.
PARIS
* An exhibition, Russian Art of the Second Half of the 19th Century, will open at the Museum of Orsay (Sept. 20, 2005 - Jan. 8, 2006).
VIENNA
* The Moscow Days festival will continue in Austria. An exhibition, New Forms of the Old City, will open at Vienna's City Hall.
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