OCTOBER
October 7
ST. PETERSBURG - The summit of the Central Asian Cooperation Organization (Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) continues (since October 6).
ST. PETERSBURG - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will visit St. Petersburg at President Vladimir Putin's invitation (until October 8).
MOSCOW - The Golden Fall-2005 Russian agro-industrial exhibition (until October 11).
MOSCOW - A Russian-German symposium, The Parliamentary System in Russia and Germany: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Russia's parliamentary system.
KALININGRAD - Command-post exercises overseen by Chief of the Russian General Staff Yury Baluyevsky (until October 12).
CHISINAU - The international business forum of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
OSLO - The announcement of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winners.
October 8
BEIJING - The 16th plenum of the Chinese Communist Party will focus on the draft of a five-year plan (2006-2010) for the country's development (until October 11).
October 9
WARSAW - Presidential elections in Poland.
October 10
MOSCOW - The Wings of Russia third international aviation conference.
LONDON - The winner of the 2005 Man Booker International Prize will be announced.
October 11
MOSCOW - The Leaders in Moscow two-day business forum.
PARIS - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will address a UNESCO session.
CHONGQING, CHINA - A conference of mayors of the Asia-Pacific Rim, including some Russian cities (until October 14).
October 12
MOSCOW - The 25th session of the CIS Economic Council will be held.
PARIS - A session of the Financial Action Task Force begins and runs through October 14.
October 13
CHINA - The Shenzhou VI spacecraft with two astronauts aboard will be launched from the Jiuquan space center (the second manned space flight in China's history).
October 14
ZAGREB - The 12th summit of Central European leaders will meet and continue until October 15.
October 15
BAGHDAD - A referendum on the new Iraqi draft constitution.
October 17
MOSCOW - The World Economic Forum (until October 18).
October 18
MOSCOW - The Role of Parliaments in Counter-Terrorism international parliamentary conference (until October 19).
October 19
KIEV - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will visit Ukraine (until October 20).
BAGHDAD - Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will go on trial.
October 20
KIEV - A two-day session of the Ukraine-NATO commission with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
MADRID - The eighth forum Moscow-Invest-2005 (until October 23).
October 21
ABUJA - Nigeria's Federal Court will hear the case of Russian sailors accused of oil smuggling.
October 23
KAMCHATKA, KORYAKIA - A referendum on the unification of the far eastern Kamchatka region and the Koryak autonomous district into a single Russian Federation member.
October 25
MOSCOW - The second international summit of financial directors organized by the Adam Smith Institute (until October 27).
MOSCOW - Fashion Week in Moscow, the presentation of spring/summer 2006 collections (until October 30).
ANCONA, ITALY - A session of the Russian-Italian task force on the formation of Italian-type industrial districts in Russia will be held (until October 26).
October 26
MOSCOW - The eighth Eurasian TV forum (until October 30).
TARANTO, ITALY - Open court hearings on the murder of Russian national Alexander Rozenbakh, 17, by an Italian sailor in a fight on September 11, 2001.
October 27
LONDON (Surrey) - An informal meeting between the leaders of 25 EU countries (until October 28).
October 28
MOSCOW - The Private Banking conference.
PARIS - A week of Russian films, organized by the Russian Culture and Mass Communication Ministry and the Pierre Cardin center, will open (until November 2).
October 29
MOSCOW - The 11th special congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
NOVEMBER
November 2
MOSCOW - The third international conference, Russian Railways on the Transportation Services Market: Cooperation and Partnership (until November 3).
November 3
MOSCOW - The National Ecological Awards second ceremony.
November 6
MOSCOW - A seminar, How to Become a Gazprom Supplier.
BAKU - Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
November 9
LONDON - The Russian and CIS Oil and Natural Gas annual conference organized by the Energy Exchange company (until November 10).
