People, whose month earnings make up over 20 500 rubles ($772.5) per family member, were referred by experts to the category of rich.

There will be regulated nonresidents’ participation in equity capital of organizations operating in nine fields: development, production and realization of military equipment; production and use of special purpose equipment and others.

Russia and one foreign company managed to come to agreement upon a new plane construction. Bombardier planes earlier produced in Canada are planned to be assembled in Russian Samara.

Canadian animals may be imported to Russia, provided that they were born and grown in the territory of the country, and are supplied only from farms checked by the Canadian cattle identification agency, which can confirm absence of bovine spongiform of encephalopathy (BSE) cases at farms.

The vast majority of doubtful food supplements are meant for weight loss and produced in Asia (China and Thailand).

Gazprom sent letters to 5 companies suggesting their participation in development of Shtokmanovskoye gas field. The talks are to begin February 2007.

The Chinese company CNPC has joined Gazprom and Rosneft – the companies will develop the shelf of the Arctic Ocean together, reports RBC daily. The Chinese party promises to allot investments and required equipment.

Last year Russian deputies amended the advertising law: the total time of commercials must have been limited up to 20% of broadcasting time. However, announcements of upcoming movies and TV programs didn’t fall within the scope of the law.

A person having nothing to do with Microsoft, a Russian legal expert, managed to receive the official registration certificate on Windows Vista in the Federal Agency on intellectual property, patents and trade marks of Russia.

Yesterday Russia and Costa-Rica signed the protocol covering conclusion of bilateral talks on Russia’s bid for WTO. Russia rounded off bilateral talks with Costa-Rica in November 2006, but officially the protocol wasn’t signed.