The Week Ahead: May 28 - June 3

An old pipe at the Museum of Tobacco exhibit in Prilep, Macedonia.

The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.

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MONDAY, May 28:

Russia/UK: British Foreign Secretary William Hague visits Russia.

Russia/Kazakhstan: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visits Astana (to May 29).

Pakistan: The second anniversary of the Ahmadi massacre in Pakistan.

Belarus: The seventh Belarusian International Media Forum starts in Minsk (to May 31).


TUESDAY, May 29:

Kazakhstan: The fourth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions convenes in Astana (to May 31).

Russia: The fifth Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival opens in Ivanovo (to June 3).

World: International Day of UN Peacekeepers.


WEDNESDAY, May 30:

CIS: Prime ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States meet in Ashgabat.

Moldova/EU: Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca appears before the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels.

Russia: The first Eurasian Anti-Corruption Forum starts in Moscow (to May 31).


THURSDAY, May 31:

Poland: Wroclaw Global Forum convenes (to June 2).

Russia/Belarus: Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Minsk (to June 1).

Russia: The seventh anniversary of the nine-year prison sentence for Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Turkey: UN's Alliance of Civilizations meeting convenes in Istanbul (to June 1).

World: No Tobacco Day.


FRIDAY, June 1:

Russia/France/Germany: Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Berlin and Paris.

Russia: The International museum festival, Inter-Museum 2012, opens in Moscow (to June 5).

World: International Children's Day.


SATURDAY, June 2:

Egypt: Verdict expected in former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's trial in Cairo.

Kazakhstan/Russia: The 57th anniversary of the founding of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.


SUNDAY, June 3:

Russia/EU: EU-Russia summit convenes in St. Petersburg (to June 4).

Russia: The 13th Russian film festival Kinotavr opens in Sochi (to June 10).