International rating agency Fitch Ratings improved the outlook for Russia's sovereign credit rating to "stable" from "negative."

The new president of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid has declared its readiness to communicate with residents in Russian language.

Official part of International Investment Forum opened in the main media center of the Olympic Park in Sochi.

Kiev has sent a request for consultations on the Ukrainian transit restrictions with Russia to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Civil Egyptian authorities have certified Russian aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100), which allows local airlines to use it.

Rosselkhoznadzor experts will carry out inspection of Mongolian meat-processing establishments interested in export deliveries to the member-countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Alexander Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs participated in the DER-Dialog-Europe-Russia Advisory Board meeting held in Salzburg.

The Japanese Mitsui corporation intends to invest over one billion dollars in the “Sakhalin-2” project.

The contract for the sale of 24.9 percent of shares of the Pulkovo Airport to the investors from Qatar has been signed.

The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe has decided to create a new ministerial post for the development of economic cooperation with Russia.