* The Swiss justice department said Switzerland would extradite Yevgeny Adamov, a former minister for nuclear power, to the United States
* 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 that it was considering acquiring new assets following the Sibneft deal in a bid to become a global energy giant
* Marat Safin, the world No.8 tennis player, said he would miss the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on October 8-16 due to a knee injury
* Russian and U.S. space officials said it was not clear who would bring William McArthur, the new ISS commander, back to Earth in six months' time
