SATV, KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Deputy Speaker Indira Rana has departed for Russia to participate in the Fourth Eurasian Women's Forum. She flew to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday and will continue her journey to St Petersburg, Russia, where the forum will be held from September 19 to 21.

Rana will travel to St Petersburg via Moscow and is scheduled to address the forum on September 19. The event is organized by the Russian Federation and the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

She is expected to return to Nepal on September 21, according to her private secretariat.