* The Russian government is set to consider a middle-term program on the country's socio-economic development for 2006-2008 (10:00 a.m.).
* State Duma First Deputy Speaker Oleg Morozov will give a news conference on the results of the lower house's work in 2005 (12:00 p.m.).
* RIA Novosti will host the following news conferences:
- on the topic, natural gas war or economic integration on the post-Soviet space? (11:00 a.m.);
- on Russia's demographic doctrine (11:00 a.m.).
* Member of the State Duma international affairs committee Shamil Sultanov will give a news conference on the topic, Russian business abroad: the results of 2005 (1:00p.m.).
* The Moscow City Court is set to select jurors for the trial of Moscow notary Faiil Satretdinov and Chechens Musa Makhayev and Kazbek Dukkuzov, accused of killing Forbes Russia Editor Paul Klebnikov.
BAIKONUR
* A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a U.S. AMC-23 communications satellite will be launched (5:28a.m. Moscow time, 2:28 a.m. GMT).
ST. PETERSBURG
* A branch of Vneshtorgbank (Foreign Trade Bank) will be opened. Vneshtorgbank CEO Andrei Kostin and Presidential Envoy to the Northwest Federal District Ilya Klebanov will attend.
CAIRO
* An extraordinary session of foreign ministers from the League of Arab States will be held.
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