What to wait for this week

April 29, Monday

On April 29-30, negotiations of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be held. They will talk about the situation around the DPRK and about the Kuril Islands. Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin will meet with India Foreign Minister Salman Hursshid. At a meeting of the pardon commission under the President of Ukraine, they may consider the pardon of Yulia Tymoshenko. The Ministry of Economic Development will hold an expanded meeting following the results of its own activities last year and the tasks for the current one.

April 30, Tuesday

The Foreign Minister of India and Russia will meet - Salman Khurshid and Sergey Lavrov. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will take part in the Japanese-Russian forum "Search for opportunities for wider cooperation." In the Netherlands, the official ceremony of renunciation of the throne of Queen Beatrix and the accession of the new king Willem-Allekander will take place. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg will announce a decision on the complaint of ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko on the legality of the arrest. April 30 - International Jazz Day. On this day, the Queen's Day in the Netherlands and the king's day in Sweden are also celebrated. April 30 in Russia - Fire Department Day and Economist Day.

May 1, Wednesday

In the Moscow Park of Gorky, the summer season will open. The penalty for the daily movement of trucks on the Moscow Ring Road and within its limits from May 1 increases to 2 thousand rubles. Cyprus will receive the first tranche of anti -crisis assistance from the EU. The first of May is the holiday of spring and labor (in the USSR - the Day of International Solidarity of Workers).

May 2, Thursday

In St. Petersburg, the official opening of the second scene of the Mariinsky Theater will be held. May 2 - the international day of Harry Potter.

May 3, Friday

On Red Square in Moscow, the third rehearsal of the Victory Parade will be held. Former President of Pakistan, General Perevez Musharraf, will appear before the court in the case of the murder of the ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007. The international public in Brussels will discuss the creation of a consortium on managing the gas transmission system of Ukraine. Representatives of Gazprom will not go to Brussels, because they have a weekend. May 3 - day of the Sun, World Freedom Day, as well as International Day of Silence.

May 4, Saturday

The first Estonian satellite of Estcube-1 will go from the Cosmodrome Kuru in French Guiana. The Moscow Zoo will present its new acquisition - an Asian lion named Max.

May 5, Sunday

Universal elections in Malaysia will be held (there will be 12 states of parliament and assemblies). Orthodox will celebrate Easter. In Moscow, an opposition rally will be held. The city authorities allowed the procession on Bolshaya Yakimanka, a large clearing to Bolotnaya Embankment from 17 to 18 hours and a rally on Bolotnaya Embankment from 18 to 20 hours. May 5 - International Struggle for the Rights of Disabled and International Obstetrics Day. In Russia - the day of the encryption and the day of the diver.