The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, August 8:
Kazakhstan: Peacekeeping exercise "Steppe Eagle - 2011" with participation of military personnel from Britain, United States, Lithuania, and Kyrgyzstan to be held at the Iliski military training ground near Almaty.
UN: Seventh session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee begins in Geneva (to August 12).
Pakistan/Tajikistan: Pakistani delegation led by Communications Minister Arbob Olamgir Khan visits Dushanbe (to August 10).
TUESDAY, August 9:
Azerbaijan/Russia: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev travels to Sochi to hold a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Russia/Finland: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosts his Finnish counterpart Jyrki Katainen in Sochi.
UN: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
WEDNESDAY, August 10:
Kazakhstan: Aktau hosts a meeting of representatives of the Caspian littoral countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and the Russian Federation.
THURSDAY, August 11:
Russia: Russian Central Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Churov is scheduled to hold a press conference in Moscow on December parliamentary elections.
Ukraine/Russia: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meet in Sochi.
FRIDAY, August 12:
Armenia/Russia: Presidents of Russia and Armenia are expected to exchange views on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Astana.
Kazakhstan: Astana hosts an informal summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (to August 13).
UN: International Youth Day.
SUNDAY, August 14:
Pakistan: Independence Day.
MONDAY, August 8:
Kazakhstan: Peacekeeping exercise "Steppe Eagle - 2011" with participation of military personnel from Britain, United States, Lithuania, and Kyrgyzstan to be held at the Iliski military training ground near Almaty.
UN: Seventh session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee begins in Geneva (to August 12).
Pakistan/Tajikistan: Pakistani delegation led by Communications Minister Arbob Olamgir Khan visits Dushanbe (to August 10).
TUESDAY, August 9:
Azerbaijan/Russia: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev travels to Sochi to hold a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Russia/Finland: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosts his Finnish counterpart Jyrki Katainen in Sochi.
UN: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
WEDNESDAY, August 10:
Kazakhstan: Aktau hosts a meeting of representatives of the Caspian littoral countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and the Russian Federation.
THURSDAY, August 11:
Russia: Russian Central Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Churov is scheduled to hold a press conference in Moscow on December parliamentary elections.
Ukraine/Russia: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meet in Sochi.
FRIDAY, August 12:
Armenia/Russia: Presidents of Russia and Armenia are expected to exchange views on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Astana.
Kazakhstan: Astana hosts an informal summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (to August 13).
UN: International Youth Day.
SUNDAY, August 14:
Pakistan: Independence Day.