Announcement of events, March 17 - 23

** March 17, Monday **

The main events:

The first joint meeting of the Soviets of the Chita Regional Duma and the Aginsky Buryat District Duma will be held in Chita. On the agenda - the draft agreement "On the procedure for the adoption and entry into force of laws and regulatory acts of the Trans -Baikal Territory."

Press conferences, meetings of public organizations, conference, seminars:

A meeting of the assessment committee on the Council of Directors of the RAO UES will be held, at which it is supposed to approve the assessment of the largest energy supply company of the Russian Federation - OJSC Mosenergosbyt.

Memorial dates:

On this day they were born:

- Beskhmelnitsyn Mikhail Ivanovich (1956), auditor of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.

- Churov Vladimir Evgenievich (1953), Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

** March 18, Tuesday **

The main events:

A meeting of the State Duma Council will be held.

A meeting of the Moscow government will be held. On the agenda-the results of the work of housing, communal and fuel and energy farms in Moscow in the winter period 2007-2008. and the tasks of preparing for the winter of 2008-2009, the results of the work of the Department of Land resources of the city of Moscow in 2007 and measures to implement tasks in the field of land relations for 2008.

A meeting of the Government of the Moscow Region will be held.

Press conferences, meetings of public organizations, conference, seminars:

A press conference of the State Duma deputy V. Kolinkikov will be held on the topic "The fight against crime. When will the new anti-corruption law adopt?"

The congress of the Association of Peasant /Farm /Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives in Russia /on March 19 will begin work /.

A meeting of the working group "Update and harmonization of the regulatory and technical base of the regulation of electric power industry within the CIS" will be held. The agenda includes the preparation and coordination of draft multilateral agreements on the cooperation of the CIS member states in the field of effective use of hydraulic resources of border rivers and reservoirs and ensuring the safety of hydraulic structures.

The All -Russian meeting on pricing and estimated rationing in construction will be held. On the agenda - issues related to amendments in the urban planning and budget legislation of Russia.

A meeting of the Committee of the CCI of Russia on Entrepreneurship in the field of tourist, resort-recreational and hotel activities, which will consider the issues of training personnel by the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi.

A "round table" on the topic "future of the Russian audit" will take place. Among the participants are the head of the Department of Regulation of State Financial Control, Auditing, Accounting and Reporting of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation L. Schneydman, Deputy Director of the Department of Banking Regulation and Supervision of the Bank of Russia E. Korolev, Chairman of the State Duma Committee by V.Plesachevsky.

Memorial dates:

On this day they were born:

- Bogatova Evgenia Romenovna (1959), general director of CJSC Russian Gold.

- Klochko Igor Petrovich (1969), deputy general director of OJSC "GMK" Norilsk Nickel. "

- Guselnikov Leonid Konstantinovich (1950), member of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on communications, information policy and freedom of speech in the media, member of the expert council on socio-political development, member of the Council for the implementation of state policy in the field of freedom of speech under the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District, a member of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio.

- Ryakhovsky Sergey Vasilievich (1956), member of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for Health, Head of the Russian Union of Christians of the Vera of the Gospel (Pentecostal), member of the Council for interaction with religious associations under the President of the Russian Federation.

** March 19, Wednesday **

The main events:

A meeting of the Federation Council will be held, at which it is planned to hear the report of the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation S. Ivanov on the implementation of the Strategy for the Development of Nanotechnology and the annual report of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation V. Lukin on the situation with human rights in our country.

The plenary meeting of the State Duma will be held.

A meeting of the Moscow City Duma will be held.

During the meeting of the Arkhangelsk Regional Assembly of Deputies, the issue of the endowment of I. Mikhalchuk will be considered by the authority of the head of the administration of the Arkhangelsk region.

Press conferences, meetings of public organizations, conference, seminars:

A press conference of the leaders of the Coalition of Russia will be held, dedicated to the convocation and conduct of the National Assembly, which is designed to ensure the dialogue of representatives of various social and political forces and create conditions for the consolidation of the opposition both on the right and on the left flank.

A meeting of the supervisory, trustees and public councils on the publication of the Orthodox Encyclopedia will be held and the presentation of the next volume.

In St. Petersburg, the International Ecological Forum and the XV International Specialized Exhibition of structures and means of protection of water and air basins, environmental services "Ecology of the Big City - 2008" /on March 21 /.

Memorial dates:

Day of the submariner. March 19 (March 6, 1906, Articles), by order of the Naval Department of the Russian Empire, submarines were brought into an independent class of warships.

On this day, Gaidar Egor Timurovich (1956), director of the "Institute of Economics of the Transition period" was born.

** March 20, Thursday **

The main events:

As expected, a meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation will be held.

A meeting of the State Duma Council will be held.

In Perm, at a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory, it is planned to consider the candidacy of V. Sukhikh to approve him as the Prime Minister of the Territory.

Memorial dates:

International Earth Day. It is celebrated annually on the day of the onset of astronomical spring - the day of the spring equinox by the decision of the UN General Assembly.

On this day, Antonova Irina Aleksandrovna (1922), director of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

** March 21, Friday **

The main events:

Another meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia will be held in Minsk. Russia will be represented by the Prime Minister V. Zubkov.

The next meeting of the State Duma will be held.

Press conferences, meetings of public organizations, conference, seminars:

A “round table” meeting will be held on the topic: “Image of Russian business in the international arena - overcoming barriers and stereotypes” with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Emergencies, the Ministry of Emergencies, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Industry of Russia. It is planned to discuss issues of the formation and promotion of a positive business mijah of Russian companies and ways to interact business and state in this direction, the problems of eliminating unreasonable obstacles to promoting domestic goods in foreign markets and activating the participation of Russian companies in international investment processes.

Memorial dates:

World Poetry Day. It is noted by decision of the UNESCO Executive Committee, adopted in November 1999.

International Struggle Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It has been held annually since 1966 by decision of the UN.

International Day of Children and Adults with Down syndrome. It has been celebrated annually since 2006 at the initiative of the Board of the European Association of Down Syndrome (EADC) and the World Association of Down Syndrome.

International Day of Puppet Theater. It has been celebrated since 2003 at the suggestion of the International Union of Puppet Theater figures.

International Forest Day. It is based on a decision of the UN food and agricultural organization at the initiative of the European Agricultural Conference.

The Muslim holiday of Navruz is the day of the spring equinox, symbolizing the beginning of the New Year in the East.

On this day they were born:

- Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich (1950), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

- Savelyev Alexander Vasilievich (1954), Chairman of the Board of OJSC Bank St. Petersburg.

- Shein Oleg Vasilievich (1972), deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy.

** March 22, Saturday **

Memorial dates:

World Water Resources Day. It is noted by decision of the UN conference on the environment and development, held in Rio de Janeiro on June 3-14, 1992

The day of protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea. On March 22, 1974, in Helsinki, representatives of 7 countries signed the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea (Helsinsky Convention, updated on April 9, 1992). Entered into force on May 3, 1980

Jewish holiday Purim.

On this day they were born:

- Sokolin Vladimir Leonidovich (1949), head of the Federal State Statistics Service.

- Pumpyansky Dmitry Aleksandrovich (1964), member of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on Education and Science, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pipe Metallurgical Company OJSC.

- Orlov Viktor Petrovich (1940), chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

- Gerasimova Nadezhda Vasilievna (1952), deputy chairman of the State Duma.

** March 23, Sunday **

Memorial dates:

World Meteorological Day. It has been celebrated annually since 1961.

Catholic festival of Easter. Resurrection of Christ.

65 years ago (1943), the Krasnoyarsk affinage plant (since 1967, the Krasnoyarsk Factory Plant) produced the first products (Platin and Palladium). Since 1999, OJSC "Krastztmet" named after V.N. Gulidova.

On this day they were born:

- Oskina Vera Egorovna (1955), deputy of the State Duma of the fourth convocation.

- Oleg Nikolaevich Sysuev (1953), the first deputy chairman of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank OJSC.

- Shvidler Evgeny Markovich (1964), former president of Sibneft OJSC.

- Ulyukaev Alexey Valentinovich (1956), the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

- Archbishop of Tikhvinsky Konstantin (Goryanov; 1951), rector of St. Petersburg Theological Academy and Seminary.

- Zhdanov Alexey Yuryevich (1962), head of the apparatus of the general director of OJSC "GMK" Norilsk Nickel ".