1-5 January – New Year holidays;
7 January – Christmas;
23 February – The Country Defender’s Day;
8 March – International Women’s Day;
1 May – Day of Spring and Labour;
9 May – Victory Day;
12 June – Russia Day;
4 November – Unity Day.

1-5 January – New Year holidays;
7 January – Christmas;
23 February – The Country Defender’s Day;
8 March – International Women’s Day;
1 May – Day of Spring and Labour;
9 May – Victory Day;
12 June – Russia Day;
4 November – Unity Day.

Interfax – The French Renault plans to increase its sales in Russia to 100,000 cars by 2008, says Jean-Michel Jalinier, the director of the Renault-owned Autoframos JSC

Nizhpharm, one of the biggest Russian pharmaceutical manufacturers, has sold 97.5 % of its stocks for 80.5 mln euro to the German STADA Arzneimittel AG

RBC: Russian Railways and Deutsche Bahn AG are going to establish two joint ventures for freight service and passenger transportation in the middle of 2005

RBC: Yumaco, the major investor of the Krasnaya Polyana (Red Glade) winter sports resort near Sochi in Krasnodarski Krai, is looking for more companies to invest in the project.

Siemens and Russian Railways have concluded a 1.7 bln euro contract.

Interfax-Afi - Volkswagen and Siemens are going to increase investments in Russia

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines has started evaluating offers for the position of the general contractor for building Sheremetyevo-3 terminal.

Finansovye Izvestia - The car manufacturers Honda Motor and Fuji Heavy Industries (the Subaru producer) consider the possibility of locating their car assembly plants in Russia