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

 

Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.

MONDAY, October 27:

 

Azerbaijan/Armenia/France: Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to discuss the disputed breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Paris.

 

Azerbaijan: Freedom House in Washington, DC hosts Broader Implications of the Human Rights Crackdown in Azerbaijan.

 

Tajikistan: The 1st OIC Investment Forum on Central Asia.

 

Iran/Russia: Iranian Vice President Sourena Sattari visits Moscow.

 

World: International Religious Freedom Day

 

Iran/Spain:  Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif visits Madrid, Spain.

 

TUESDAY, October 28:

 

 

Russia: Russian FM Sergei  Lavrov meets OSCE Director for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Michael Link in Moscow 

 

Russia/Germany: The AIDS Conspiracy: KGB and Stasi Disinformation, at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. 

 

WEDNESDAY, October 29:

 

France: 6th Annual Global Perspectives conference in Paris. 

 

Russia:  Russia’s Political System: The Drama of Decay, at NED in Washington, DC. 

 

Iraq/Syria: Syria and Iraq: The Future Prospects of Jihadism, at Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.  

 

Ukraine: Ukraine Update: Elections, Conflict and the Future of the EU’s Eastern Partnership, at the Brookings Institution, in Washington, DC. 

 

THURSDAY, October 30:

 

Moldova/EU: Between East and West – Moldova and the Transnistria Conflict, at the European Policy Center in Brussels. 

Romania: Presidential election

FRIDAY, October 31:

 

IRAN: The IAEA’s Role on the Iranian Nuclear Issue, at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. 

 

SUNDAY, November 2:

 

Romania: Presidential election

 
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