Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday he hopes that Russia will complete negotiations on its accession to the World Trade Organization by yearend.
Russia said on Tuesday it planned to sign a road map to outline future energy cooperation with Iran.
The organizers of the controversial Forbidden Art-2006 exhibition in Moscow will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to complain about a court verdict which found them guilty of inciting national and religious hatred, a defense lawyer said.
Russia's new generation S-500 air defence system will resolve the country's missile defence gaps when it enters service.
The German government says Siemens AG will sign a contract worth euro2.2 billion ($2.8 billion) for more than 200 new regional trains for Russia.
Avtovaz, Russia's leading carmaker, returned to profitability in the April-June period thanks to a Russian car scrappage scheme launched in March.