* Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom intends to build a depot in Belgium for natural gas delivered via the North European gas pipeline
* Russian company AFK Sistema made a preliminary bid to participate in a tender for the purchase of the second largest cell phone operator in Turkey, Telsim
* Russia and Sweden will hold joint military exercises in Sweden in winter 2006
* The Russian Foreign Ministry denied reports that a criminal case against the British Council's St. Petersburg office was linked to the Russia-EU summit in London
* Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas monopoly, said it was considering acquiring new assets following the Sibneft deal in a bid to become a global energy giant
* A Russian parliament member said an agreement on simplified visa regulations would not be signed at the upcoming EU-Russia summit in London
* Georgia said it would import natural gas from Kazakhstan under an agreement the Georgian and Kazakh presidents reached Monday
* A Soyuz rocket carrying a new crew and an American space tourist docked with the International Space Station
