* Gazprom announced it was buying 72.663% of Sibneft shares from Millhouse Capital in the country's biggest corporate deal
* Gazprom shares fell 1.2% and Sibneft's shares fell 2.7% on news of the deal
* Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the Armed Forces would be equipped with new Bulava missiles by the end of 2007
* Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Russia was ready to pay its entire $28 billion debt to the Paris Club of Creditor Nations early
* The parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria confirmed Arsen Kanokov, who was proposed Tuesday by President Vladimir Putin, as the president of the North Caucasus republic
