The Kremlin has complained about Russia's image in the Western media and hired an international public relations firm to improve foreign coverage of the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg next month. But starting this weekend, it will have an opportunity to deliver its message directly to the people who run the world's newspapers.

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Wales invited to The 59th annual World Newspaper Congress in Russia.
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Among the topics to be discussed next week are the role of citizen journalism, with the founder of Wikipedia participating, and the lessons of the Prophet Mohammed cartoon clashes. Denmark's Jyllands-Posten, which sparked protests in Islamic countries and a debate in journalistic circles by publishing 12 cartoons depicting the prophet in September, is sending two representatives.