* Russia and Switzerland agreed to sign a final protocol on the completion of their talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) at a world economic forum at Davos in late January 2006
* An anti-fascist rally gathering about 3,000 people was held in downtown Moscow in Lubyanskaya Square
* Official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Kamynin said trade between Russia and the Czech Republic would rise to the record level of $5 billion in 2005 from $3.7 billion in 2004
* Russia's boxer Nikolai Valuyev became the WBA heavyweight Champion of the World following his victory over John Ruiz in Berlin, Germany
