Accreditation is now open for journalists to cover the Russia-EU summit 2012-05-16 12:00:00 The Presidential Press and Information Office’s Department of Accreditation and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover the Russia-EU summit scheduled to be held in the first half of June 2012 in St Petersburg. Requests should be submitted using the media outlet’s official form and must include the following: For Russian media: - Last name, first name and patronymic; - Name of the media outlet; - Job title; - Passport details (passport series and number); - Date and place of birth; - Contact telephone numbers; - Address of accommodation during the event (independent accommodation or a hotel recommended by the summit’s Organising committee). For foreign media: - First and last name in full (in Roman and Cyrillic letters); - Name of the media outlet; - Country of the media outlet; - Job title; - Passport details (passport number, date and place of birth); - Citizenship; - Russian Foreign Ministry Accreditation number - Contact telephone numbers; - Address of accommodation during the event (independent accommodation or a hotel recommended by the summit’s Organising committee). INCOMPLETE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE EXAMINED. Requests can be faxed to +7 (495) 606–9000 or 606–7377 until 06:00 pm May 20, 2012. Contact telephone numbers: +7 (495) 606–3307 and 606–2911.