OREANDA-NEWS. April 9, 2009. The Presidential Press and Information Office's Department of Accreditation and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover President Dmitry Medvedev's state visit to the Republic of Finland on April 20-21.

Requests should be submitted using the media outlet’s official form and must include the following:

For journalists at Russian media outlets: Last name, first name and patronymic (in Cyrillic and Roman letters); job title; series and number of passport for foreign travel; expiry date of passport for foreign travel; date of birth (day, month, year); place of birth; contact telephone numbers;

For journalists at foreign media outlets accredited with the Russian Foreign Ministry: Last name, first name and patronymic (in Cyrillic and Roman letters); job title; passport series and number (passport for foreign travel only for Russian citizens); passport expiry date (expiry date of passport for foreign travel for Russian citizens); date of birth (day, month, year); place of birth; Russian Foreign Ministry accreditation number; contact telephone numbers.

INCOMPLETE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE EXAMINED!

Requests can be faxed to (495) 606-90-00 or (495) 606-73-77 until 5.00 p.m., 10 April

Contact telephone numbers: (495) 985-37-60, (495) 606-50-02.