Russian calendar: Key events for February 23

Public holiday, Defenders of Fatherland Day

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev to visit Russia, until February 25

MAJOR EVENTS LATER THIS MONTH

Feb 24: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev

Feb 24: Gazprom Neft’s board of directors to consider sales strategy, taking out loan from Sberbank

Feb 25–26: Finance ministers, heads of central banks of Group of Twenty to hold meeting

Feb 27: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider Russian businessman Viktor Baturin’s claim against sale of Inteco

Feb 27: Ammophos, Cherepovetsky Azot to hold EGMs, consider merger

Feb 27: Acron to hold EGM, consider merging with Granit

Feb 27: ChelPipe shareholders to hold meeting to elect board of directors

Feb 27: Western High-Speed Diameter to start book building for 15 billion ruble bonds

Feb 28: Krasnoyarsk Region Arbitration Court to consider RUSAL Investment Management’s claim against Norilsk Nickel over buyback of shares

Feb 28: Inter RAO UES’ board of directors to elect chairman

Feb 28: Transneft’s board of directors to consider AGM date

Feb 29: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider Gazprombank’s claim against TagAz over 46.7 million euro debt

Feb 29: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider Domodedovo Commercial Services’ 453.3 million ruble claim against Moscow Vnukovo Airport over debt for maintenance of Krasnoyarsk Airlines

Feb 29: First Cargo Company’s board of directors to meet, consider candidates for board of directors of three subsidiaries

MAJOR EVENTS LATER THIS YEAR

Mar 2: Eighth Arbitration Court of Appeals to consider claim by TNK-BP Holding’s minority shareholder Andrei Prokhorov against lower court decision on loss dispute

Mar 2: Russia’s Azot shareholders to consider re-election of board of directors

Mar 4: Russia’s presidential election to take place

Mar 5: NMTP to hold EGM, elect board of directors

Mar 5: Slavneft’s board of directors to meet, consider candidates for new board of directors

Mar 6: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider ST Development’s claim against Moscow city government over 4.8 billion rubles worth of losses under reconstruction agreement

Mar 6: Nizhnekamskneftekhim’s shareholders to consider merging with Nizhnekamskneftekhim-Divinil

Mar 8: Public holiday, International Women’s Day

Mar 9: International Women’s Day observed, day off, shifted from March 11

Mar 11: Working day

Mar 14: Yamal LNG to hold EGM, consider boosting charter capital

Mar 14: Lukoil to present development strategy for 2012–2021

Mar 16: Baltika to hold EGM, consider cutting charter capital

Mar 18–19: Russian economic, financial forum in Switzerland

Mar 19: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider Sredniye Torgovyye Ryady’s 3.6 billion ruble claim against Finance Ministry over construction project

Mar 19: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider minority shareholders’ claim against Ingosstrakh

Mar 20: Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeals to consider Tekhnointorg’s 4.3 billion ruble claim against Rostekhnologii for ungrounded enrichment

Mar 21: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider TransContainer’s claim against antimonopoly service over decision to include company on list of monopolies

Mar 20: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider Sodeksim’s claim against Finance Ministry over $56.5 million Algerian debt

Mar 22: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider DIA’s claim against Sredniye Torgovyye Ryady over 3.73 billion ruble debt

Mar 26: Arbitration Court of Stavropol Region to consider bankruptcy motion by Internal Affairs Ministry’s regional branch against Kavminvodyavia

Mar 26: Perm Region-based Mineral Fertilizers to hold EGM, consider re-electing board of directors ahead of schedule

Mar 29: Moscow city government to sell 26.6% in United Confectioners Holding at auction

Mar 29: Moscow city government to sell 49% in Svoboda cosmetics firm at auction

Apr 4: Severnaya Verf to hold EGM, re-elect board of directors

Apr 9: Moscow Arbitration Court to consider Gazprombank’s claim against Vyborg Shipyard over 3.7 billion ruble loan debt

Apr 28: Working day

Apr 28: Bank Saint-Petersburg to hold AGM

Apr 30: Day off, shifted from April 28

May 1: Public holiday, May Day

May 9: Public holiday, Victory Day

May 31: Stockholm court to decide on Gazprom’s claim against Lithuania

Jun 4–6: International Forum ATOMEXPO 2012 to take place in Moscow

Jun 9: Working day

Jun 11: Day off, shifted from June 9

Jun 12: Public holiday, Russia Day

Jun 29: Gazprom to hold AGM

Sep 8–9: APEC summit to take place in Russia’s Vladivostok

Nov 4: Public holiday, National Unity Day

Dec 29: Working day

Dec 31: Day off, shifted from December 29

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