October 28, 2009. French Court Convicted Israeli-Russian billionaire Arkady Gaydamak (pictured)together with the son of ex-French President Francois Mitterrand, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand and ex-government minister Charles Pasqua for their roles in illegal arms sales to Angola in the 1990s. Arkady Gaydamak was sentenced to six years in his absence. Gaydamak is currently living in Russia, Associated Press reported. Pictured: Moscow, Arkady Gaydamak at the `Man of the Year 5766` Jewish Communities of Russia Award ceremony
 

October 23, 2009. Volkswagen Group Rus assembly plant in Kaluga, Russia. Assembling line of VW Tiguan cars
 

October 23, 2009. Russian Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin (c) visits Volkswagen Group Rus assembly plant in Kaluga. Pictured: Putin meeting Volkswagen assembly plant tema
 

September 22, 2009. Head of Gazprom russian natural gas monopoly Alexey Miller visiting Heat Electric Station in St.Petersburg
 

September 22, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the meeting with Swiss Confederation President in Bern
 

September 22, 2009. Swiss Confederation President Hans-Rudolf Merz at the meeting with Russian President in Bern
 

September 21, 2009. Grand Opening of Russia Business School Entrepreneurial Academics Skolkovo .Skolkovo is a newly-established business school in Moscow,Russia. The school is privately funded and is a priorityproject of the Russian government. Our aim is to grow entrepreneurial leaders for fast-moving economies and to become the knowledge center on leading and managing change in those economies. Pictured: russian billionaire Roman Abramovich (owner of Chelsea Football Club) at Grand Opening of Russia Business School Entrepreneurial Academics Skolkovo
 

September 18, 2009. Shtokman Development AG wants to invite more Russian companies to develop the Shtokman Gas Field (one of the world`s largest natural gas fields, lies in the central part of Russian sector of the Barents Sea) said Shtokman Development AG Chief Executive Director Yuri Komarov (pictured) at the press conference in St.Petersburg. Shtokman`s gas is planed to be sold to Europe via the planned Nord Stream pipeline. Swiss company Shtokman Development AG, incorporated on 21 February 2008 in Zug, Switzerland, bears all financial, geological and technical risks related to the production activities for Shtokman Gas Field
 

September 17, 2009. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ( Alyaksandr Lukashenka ) making speech at Belarus national exhibition Belarus Expo 2009 opened in Vilnius, Lithuania.
 

September 04, 2009. Real Estate Investors Forum PROEstate held in St.Petersburg
 

September 04, 2009. BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) International Competition Conference. Pictured: representatives of BRIC country members at the conference
 

September 02, 2009. Port of Nakhodka (pictured) is one of the most important deep water port in Primorsky Krai of the Russian Far East
 

August 31, 2009. Heineken Brewery in St.Petersburg
 

August 25, 2009. Prime-Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin attending MAKS 2009 Aerospace Exhibition near Moscow
 

August 24, 2009. Alrosa company`s Mir underground diamond mine