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Indonesian Embassy in Moscow has held the 3^rd Indonesian Festival in Krasnaya Presnya Park in Moscow on August 2^nd until August 5^th. The theme of the festival is "Visit Wonderful Indonesia: Explore our Regions". This activity is the event of trade promotion, investment, tourism, cultural art, and as a part of economic diplomacy of Indonesia in Russia. The festival initiated by Indonesian Embassy in Moscow presents the exhibition of Indonesian excellent products from some regions, such as coffe, garment, accessories, palm oil, culinary, and craft which are spreading 85 booths. Festival Indonesia also presents various art and cultural performances from the regions such as songs, dances, and musical instrument show both on the main stage and other separated stages. Indonesian Ambassador to Russia and Belarus, M Wahid Supriyadi said that the Festival is more specially arranged, such as wider location than the previous festival, and there are special paviliuns of Indonesian regions. On this festival, the visitors can the miniature of Indonesia. The Festival which is from August 3rd until August 5th begins at 12 a.m until 9 p.m. It is art and cultural performance, but we also create such market there. It is different from the previous year which was divided into regions; we don’t make it into clusters. For instance, there are Batik, fashion, handycraft, culinary, and it lasts until 9 p.m, saidWahid Supriyadi. Indonesian Festival in Moscow begins with Business Forum of Indonesia-Rusia and business matching on August 2nd in the World Trade Center. Besides the Governor, Deputy Governor, Regent, and a number of officials of Indonesia, Head of National Development Planning Agency, Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro attended the Business Forum. The Forum might be attended by about 500 entrepreneurs, both from Rusia and Indonesia.The supporting tourism infrastructure is the main focus in the Forum. Nevertheless, other sectors are also going to be discussed in the forum, such as energy, industry, inter-connectivity, and palm oil.