July 31, 2009. First ever in Russia high-speed train Sapsan by Siemens (pictured) did it`s first trip between Moscow and St.Petersburg
 

July 27, 2009. AutoVaz ,the largest carmaker in Russia. Pictured: Lada Kalina assembly workshop at the AvtoVAZ plant in Tolyatti
 

July 17, 2009. Capital flight
 

July 09, 2009. US soft drink giant PepsiCo opened the new largest bottling plant in its world network.The new PepsiCo Plant was opened in Domodedovo town near Moscow.The increased investment will bring PepsiCo`s total outlay in Russia to four billion dollars (2.9 billion euros). Pictured: the new plant in Domodedovo
 

June 30, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) held talks with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (R) in Baku, Azerbaijan. President Dmitry Medvedev sealed a “milestone” deal to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan, as Russia seeks to thwart European efforts to diversify energy suppliers
 

June 10, 2009. GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod , also known as Gorky Automobile Plant in Nizhny Novgorod , Russia. GAZ was the leading automobile plant in the Soviet Union manufacturing famous soviet Volga and Chaika cars. In May 2009, GAZ officially announced they were reviewing a project to takeover GM European activities ( Opel ). Pictured: assembly shop of the Gaz plant in Nizhny Novgorod (former Gorky); assembling of GAZEL van
 

April 24, 2009. Russia-Finland Transport and Logistics Forum in Moscow. Pictured: l-r Finnish Ambassador to Rissia Matti Anttonen , Minister of Transport of Finland Anu Vehviläinen , Minister of Transport of Russia Igor Levitin and Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia Andrei Nedosekov
 

April 21, 2009. Microsoft Corporation Director general Steve Ballmer at Microsoft ReMIX09 conference in Moscow
 

April 20, 2009. Gerhard Schröder (l), Chairman of Nord Stream AG meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (r) in St.Petersburg, Russia
 

April 08, 2009. Autovaz ,the largest carmaker in Russia, was on the verge of bankruptcy. About 100,000 Lada cars are standing unwanted and incomplete in car lots across Russia. But Russian goverment is going to offer a 20bn rouble (£400m; $600m) rescue package to save Avtovaz. Pictured: Avtovaz plant ; no job, workers have more time for brakes now
 

March 04, 2009. HP Vice President and General Manager Achim Kuttler at the grand opening of the first in Russia Hewlett-Packard show-room
 

March 04, 2009. Global Investment and Finance Forum in Moscow bringing together Russian & international corporates; investment bankers; investors & other leading representatives from the world of finance . Pictured: President and Chief Executive Officer of Citibank William R. Rhodes attending the Forum
 

February 27, 2009. `IRKUT` Corporation Aircraft production plant in Irkutsk city. IRKUT Corporation is the world-recognized leader of the Russian aerospace industry. The Corporation is involved in design, manufacturing, sales, and after-sales maintenance of a wide range of high-tech products such as Su-30MK Multipurpose Combat Aircraft ; Be-200 Multipurpose Amphibious Jet ... Pictured: Su-30MK combart jet production
 

February 18, 2009. The first in Russia liquefied natural gas plant in the village of Prigorodnoye in Sakhalin. The newly opened liquefied natural gas plant is a part of the Sakhalin-2 project
 

February 18, 2009. President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko meets President of the EBRD Thomas Mirow in Kyiv. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is ready to invest about one billion euros in the economy of Ukraine and hopes for the country’s considered steps to overcome the economic crisis, EBRD President Thomas Mirow said in Kyiv.