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2005
DECEMBER
December 12
MOSCOW - An online conference with Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin on Russia's constitutional development.
MOSCOW - An international conference on national examinations to evaluate the quality of education (until December 14).
GROZNY - The first sessions of the upper and lower chambers of the Chechen parliament, the Council of the Republic, and the People's Assembly.
VIENNA - Russian Transportation Minister Igor Levitin's working visit to Austria.
December 13
KUALA LUMPUR - President Vladimir Putin's visit to Malaysia and the first Russia-ASEAN Summit (until December 14).
MOSCOW - The 17th congress of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR).
MOSCOW - A ceremony for "Russian corporate management leaders."
MOSCOW - A roundtable on the topic, "Mortgage: a Government PR-project or a Real Financing Mechanism for the Building Market."
HONG KONG - The sixth ministerial session of the World Trade Organization.
December 14
MOSCOW - A session of the presidium of the presidential council for national projects.
MOSCOW - The sixth session of the council of the heads of the Russian Federation members under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
MOSCOW - The ninth all-Russia exposition of national products (until December 19).
MOSCOW - The third Federation Council session on cooperation with the youth parliaments of Russian Federation members and public youth organizations (until December 15).
MOSCOW - An international conference on the formation of the market of electricity products, services and technologies on the basis of the B2B-Energy information, analytical and trade system.
December 15
MOSCOW - A nationwide conference on legislative aspects and problems of cooperation development (until December 16).
BAGHDAD - Parliamentary elections in Iraq.
December 17
MOSCOW - A congress of the Russian Pensioners' Party.
December 23
TYUMEN - The first leg of Kostya Tszyu's international professional boxing cup.
WARSAW - Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski will conclude his term in office.
December 25
KAMBARKA, UDMURTIA - The launch of Russia's second chemical weapons disposal facility.
December 27
MOSCOW - Father Frost (Russian Santa Claus) will arrive in Moscow after a tour of Russia and attend New Year celebrations on Tverskaya Square.
IVANOVO - Mikhail Men's inauguration ceremony as governor of the Ivanovo region.
December 28,
LENINGRAD REGION (Ivangorod border checkpoint) - The first meeting between Russian Father Frost and Santa Claus on the Russian-Estonian border (since 1997 such meetings have been held on the Russian-Finnish border).
December 29
MOSCOW - A session of the State Council on the implementation of key national projects.
December 30
UKRAINE/IRAQ - The completion of the withdrawal of Ukrainian peacekeepers from Iraq.
December 31
LISBON - The 28th Dakar-2006 off-road rally will start.
2006
JANUARY
January 10
MOSCOW - The beginning of the spring session of the State Duma (until July 16).
January 13
WASHINGTON - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Washington and meeting with President George W. Bush.
