OCTOBER
October 17
MOSCOW - The World Economic Forum (until October 18).
MOSCOW - The United Nations Development Program (UNDR) will present the 2005 report on the development of human potential in Russia.
October 18
MOSCOW - The Role of Parliaments in Counter-Terrorism international parliamentary conference (until October 19).
MOSCOW - A session of the Mercury Club headed by Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yevgeny Primakov on the problems of Russia's investment climate.
October 19
MOSCOW - The Customs Service-2005 sixth international exhibition.
MOSCOW - The third international conference on the economic development of Russian regions and promotion of Russia-EU cooperation.
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 22
MOSCOW REGION - The fourth annual session of the Russia in United Europe committee (until October 23).
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.
VILNIUS - NATO-Ukraine informal, top-level talks (until October 24).
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).
MOSCOW - The fourth Profession and Health all-Russia congress (until October 27).
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.
October 31
MOSCOW - The fifth Russian Oil and Natural Gas Week (until November 2).
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 8
MOSCOW - The ninth awards ceremony of the Darin national prize of the Russian Business and Entrepreneurship Academy.
MOSCOW - The RybpromExpo-2005 international fishery exhibition (until November 11).
November 9
LONDON - The Russian and CIS Oil and Natural Gas annual conference organized by the Energy Exchange company (until November 10).
November 11
KHANTY-MANSIISK - The fifth Seagull theater festival (until November 19).
November 14
MOSCOW - The Russian Metal Market eighth international conference will open as part of Metal Week in Moscow (November 14-18).
November 17
DOHA - An international conference of Afghanistan's donor countries.
