Russia 110705 Basic Political Developments

Basic Political Developments

10:19 05/07/2011ALL NEWS

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SITUATION IN LIBYA

BEIRUT – Units of the Interim National Council gets ready to seize within the next two days the oil loading ports of Marsa El Brega and Ras Lanuf.

IMF-DIRECTOR

WASHINGTON – French Christine Lagarde assumes the office of IMF’s new managing director.

SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with members of the council for the development of civil society and human rights. Participation of the civil society in fight against terrorism and extremism is in the focus of attention.

RUSSAIN GOVERNMENT

DUBNA - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a conference of the governmental commission for high technologies and innovations. The conference takes place at the Unified Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna.

VISIT OF PALESTINIAN DELEGATION TO RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Nabil Saath, a representative of the Central Committee of the FATH party overseeing political issues, meet in Moscow to discuss prospects of overcoming the Palestinian-Israeli crisis.

RUSSIA-AFRICA

PRETORIA – Russian president’s special envoy Mikhail Margelov begins an African tour, during which he will visit Zimbabwe, Angola, Sudan and Ethiopia.

INTERIOR MINISTRY REFORM

The Russian Interior Ministry opens a hotline aimed to help people understand norms of the Law on Police.

AT STATE DUMA

MOSCOW – The State Duma lower house of parliament discusses under the second (main) reading the bill tightening responsibility for organizing illegal gambling, including via the Internet. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted amendments for Duma consideration.

RUSSIA-JAPAN

TOKYO - Russia and Japan have set up a joint commission of historians to look into problems of a peace treaty and the territorial dispute. The first meeting of the commission may be held already in December, the head of the Russian president’s administration, Sergei Naryshkin, said in Tokyo.

POLAND-RUSSIA

WARSAW – Within the framework of the second day of the session of EU parliamentary defence committees the Polish parliament discusses relations between the European Union and Russia. Chairman of the Russian State Duma defence committee Viktor Zavarzin and chairman of the defence and security committee of the Russian Federation Council Viktor Ozerov are to make reports.

VENEZUELA-INDEPENDENCE

CARACAS – Venezuela marks the 200th anniversary of independence. On Monday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Caracas from Havana, where he underwent cancer surgery.

SITUATION IN LEBANON

BEIRUT- The Lebanese parliament meets for a session to pass a confidence vote for the government of Najib Mikati.

CIS AND BALTIC STATES

BISHKEK – An operative assembly of the command of the staff of the CSTO Collective Rapid Deployment Force of the Central Asian region begins here. A command and staff training will be held within its framework under the command of first deputy chairman of the CSTO Combined Staff Anatoly Nogovitsin.

BAKU – The World’s Azerbaijanis Congress, bringing together almost 1,300 Azerbaijanis from 42 countries opens here. Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev is expected to address the congress.

NEWS OF CULTURE

MOSCOW – The Puppet Space exhibition opens here. It is timed to mark the 110th birthday of Russian puppeteer Sergei Obraztsov.

ST. PETERSBURG – The international festival of young European cinema, VOICES, opens in the Vologda region. It is organized within the framework of the Italian Season in Russia and is held with support of the Russian Culture Ministry.

MOSCOW – A monument to renowned Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev (1906-2007) is unveiled at Novodevichy Cemetery.