June 05, 2008. The first FIAT Ducato van has been produced at the Severstal-Avto - Sollers-Yelabuga plant. Ducato vans are assembled at the plant, which is situated in the Alabuga special economic zone .
 

June 05, 2008. Pelorus motor yacht belongs to russian billionaire Roman Abramovich harboured in St.Petersburg , Russia . Pelorus moto yacht is the world`s eleventh largest private yacht at 377 feet 3 inches (115 metres) and one of the most spectacular luxury yachts ever built .
 

February 29, 2008. Renault and AvtoVaz signed in Moscow agreement on strategic partnership. Left to right: President of AvtoVaz Group Boris Alyoshin, Renault President Carlos Ghosn (centre) and Sergei Chemezov, head of the Russian Technologies Corporation and chairman of the board of the AvtoVaz company, during signing of an agreement to sell AvtoVaz shares to Renault.
 

January 30, 2008. Peugeot-Citroen car maker will build a plant in Kaluga town of Russia. Ceremony of agreement signing between Peugeot-Citroen and goverment of Kaluga region; pictured:(l-r) governor of Kaluga region Anatoly Artamonov ; minister of Economic Development of Russia Elvira Nabiullina and director of russian project of Peugeot-Citroen Didier Alton
 

January 30, 2008. Peugeot-Citroen car maker will build a plant in Kaluga town of Russia. Ceremony of agreement signing between Peugeot-Citroen and goverment of Kaluga region; pictured:(l-r) governor of Kaluga region Anatoly Artamonov ; minister of Economic Development of Russia Elvira Nabiullina and director of russian project of Peugeot-Citroen Didier Alton
 

December 21, 2007. Newly-built Toyota plant in the St.Petersburg suburbs of Shushary, December 21, 2007. Vladimir Putin attending the grand opening of Toyota plant.
 

December 21, 2007. Yuzhno Russkoye gas field in Yamal-Nenets autonomous region. Gazprom oil and gas field at Urengoi.On the picture : The first rig of Yuzhno Russkoye gas field
 

December 18, 2007. Russia and Germany launched work on Yuzhno Russkoye gas field. First vice premier of russian goverment Dmitri Medvedev (r) and German Vice Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier (pictured) led the inauguration ceremony in Moscow.
 

October 11, 2007. Russian multimillionaire Sergei Pugachev bought French gourmet foods company Hediard. On the picture : Sergei Pugachev at the International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. June 14, 2007
 

September 06, 2007. September 6, 2007. First in Russia Starbucks coffee shop was opened in Moscow.
 

August 01, 2007. August 1st, 2007. About 300 workers at Russian leading car maker Avtovaz went on strike demanding to raise salaries. Avtovaz plant - russian car maker (LADA cars). Assembling area for LADA Kalina cars.
 

July 31, 2007. Severstal-Avto and ISUZU Motors Ltd. create a Joint Venture in Russia to produce ISUZU in Russia. The ceremony of agreement signing between Severstal-Avto and ISUZU Motors Ltd.in Moscow: General Director of Severstal-Avto Badim Shvetsov (l) and Chairman of Directors Board of ISUZU Motors Yoshinori Ida.
 

July 25, 2007. Construction of oil pipeline East Siberia - Pacific Ocean.The ambitious East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline, managed by state-run oil pipe operator Transneft, is slated to pump up to 1.6 million barrels per day of crude from Siberia to Russia`s Far East, which will then be sent on to China and the Asia-Pacific region. The pipeline will cover over 4,700 kilometers (2,900 miles), and is being built in two stages. \At the first stage, a 2,757-kilometer (1,713-mile) section will be built with a capacity of 30 million tons (220.5 million bbl) of oil per year. The project`s first leg is estimated at $11 billion and will be commissioned in December 2008. It will link Taishet, in East Siberia`s Irkutsk Region, to Skovorodino, in the Amur Region, in Russia`s Far East. The second leg will stretch for 2,100 kilometers (1,304 miles) from Skovorodino to the Pacific. It will pump 367.5 million barrels of oil annually. The second stage also envisages an increase in the Taishet-Skovorodino pipeline`s capacity to 588 million barrels.
 

July 10, 2007. (l-r)Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov and Carlos Tavares, vice-president and member of the board of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, Japanese Ambassador to Russia Yasuo Saito and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko at the ceremony to lay the foundation stone of a future Nissan car plant.
 

June 14, 2007. President of Microsoft Russia & CIS Olga Dergunova(pictured)at the Session of Public Chamber of Russia in Moscow. It was announced today that Head of Microsoft Russia & CIS Olga Dergunova leaves the company.