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Press Statement following the G8 Summit
(17/07/06)

G8/2006 RUSSIA

G8 University executives for joint efforts to improve the quality of education
(30/03/06)

“Under the new conditions, G8 countries’ universities should focus their joint efforts on improving the quality of education in line with the demands of innovation development in the 21st century,” said Viktor Sadovnichy, rector of Moscow State University. “Ensuring quality education is the main objective of a university. The integration of science and education is the basis for raising the quality and the innovation dimension of education.”

Japan supports Russia’s agenda for G8 summit – Ambassador Nomura
(30/03/06)

“Japan is ready to cooperate with Russia at all preparatory stages in order to promote the success of the St. Petersburg summit,” Nomura said.

BBC Question Time to cover G8 agenda from Moscow
(30/03/06)

The guests and participants will include foreigners living in Moscow and English-speaking Russians. They will put their questions to prominent British and Russian politicians, namely Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, British Minister of State for Europe Douglas Alexander, economist Andrei Illarionov, prominent public figure and chess legend Garry Kasparov, Natalia Narochnitskaya of the Rodina (Homeland) Party and industrialist Igor Yurgens, vice president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

Moscow-Tokyo Wise Men to focus on G8 summit agenda, energy cooperation
(27/03/06)

The Russian-Japanese Council of Wise Men co-chaired by Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and former Prime Minister of Japan Yoshiro Mori will focus on preparing for the upcoming G8 summit in St. Petersburg and on energy cooperation at its third session Monday near Moscow, the Moscow City Hall said.

Hermitage to time large exhibitions to G8 summit
(25/03/06)

“Russia is currently getting ready for the G8 summit and we are also preparing a cultural program for participants in and guests of the significant event St. Petersburg will be hosting. Besides politics and economics, there is culture, a common link, and we should remember this,” the director of the St. Petersburg-based museum said.

Concluding statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the State Council’s session on the development of education in Russia
(24/03/06)

Education is one of the state’s priorities. The additional education program, which is, in essence, a target program and a priority national project, is not only an instrument of solving outstanding, sometimes overripe, problems, but primarily a means of focusing the attention and efforts of the state and society on educational problems, a method of stimulating the search for more effective ways of development in this sphere, and an opportunity to encourage the adoption of necessary and well-substantiated decisions.

President Vladimir Putin’s Address to the session of the State Council on the Development of Education in the Russian Federation
(24/03/06)

As the country holding the G8 Presidency, Russia has suggested discussing the structural issues of education at the summit. In the final count good education contributes to the world economy, while its integration facilitates the rapprochement of national cultures, promotes the understanding of nations and states, and consolidates international stability.

Statement By Konstantin Pulikovsky, the chairman of Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear supervision service of Russia
(24/03/06)

The G8 countries’ heads of technological and environmental safety services have met in Moscow within the framework of Russia’s G8 presidency to discuss safety and security in the energy industry, and ways to diminish the overall environmental impact, and to reaffirm a need for further efforts.

Putin: Education a priority issue for St. Petersburg G8 summit
(24/03/06)

The president said Russia, which currently holds the rotating G8 Presidency, “suggested discussing systemic issues of education at the [2006] summit” since “quality education is in the interests of the global economy. Its integration is strengthening the cohesion of national cultures, a mutual understanding between nations and states and international stability.”

Russia invites WHO head to G8 summit in St. Petersburg
(23/03/06)

“This will be the WHO head’s debut participation in a G8 summit,” Russia’s chief epidemiologist said summing up his official visit to the WHO Geneva-based headquarters.

Energy security for Russia and the world
(23/03/06)

The national public opinion research center VTsIOM has surveyed Russians’ views of threats to environmental security and the most efficient measures of dealing with them.

Russia, UNICEF discuss prospects for young G8 in Russia
(23/03/06)

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko met with UNICEF Director for Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS Maria Calivis Thursday to discuss bilateral cooperation between Russia and the United Nations Children's Fund, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Proposals to reduce impact of power industry on environment to be prepared in Moscow for G8 summit - Rostekhnadzor
(23/03/06)

During the conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Moscow in February, Rostekhnadzor head Konstantin Pulikovsky said proposals were being prepared for creating an international center for nuclear waste storage and processing in Moscow.

At the G8 summit in St. Petersburg journalists will be able to make long-distance and international phone calls free of charge
(22/03/06)

The Media Center will be located on the territory of the state-run Palace of Congresses in the direct vicinity of the summit venue and will consist of several sections.

G8 focuses on fighting avian flu, AIDS
(22/03/06)

"I came to Geneva to meet Dr. Lee and discuss some aspects of the agenda for the G8 summit in July related to the prevention of infectious diseases," Gennady Onishchenko said.

Chinese leader invited to G8 summit in St. Petersburg
(21/03/06)

“China and several other countries have been invited to attend discussions on the agenda of the St. Petersburg summit,” Russian Presidential Aide Sergei Prikhodko told journalists. He expressed hope that China would accept the invitation.

G8 environmental watchdogs meet in Moscow later this week
(20/03/06)

The meeting will include a round table on alleviating environmental impacts, in which the role of national regulators in energy security will be discussed along with diminishing environmental, emergency, and industrial accident risks.

Russian Sherpa proposes G8 disaster response teams, praises disease fight, complains about education
(20/03/06)

Speaking at an international conference in Moscow, Russian Presidential Aide and Russian Sherpa Igor Shuvalov aired Russia’s proposal to the G8 to set up national disaster response task forces.

Russia to advocate gradual changes to Energy Charter – sherpa
(20/03/06)

"Russia has signed the Energy Charter, but not ratified it yet," Presidential Aide Igor Shuvalov said. "We will try to change it gradually.”

China wants Russia to be crucial player in international energy cooperation
(20/03/06)

“The energy problem is among modern global challenges,” China’s Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said. “The growth of oil prices on the world markets in the past years has had a negative effect on the global economy, which worries the international community.”

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