* Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday the agreement on visa facilitation and readmission between Russia and the European Union was an important achievement
* Russia's envoy to Europe said Russia and the EU would sign an agreement on visa facilitation and readmission by the end of the year
* Russian Minister of Justice Yury Chaika said he doubted the United States would extradite former Nuclear Power Minister Yevgeny Adamov to Russia
* President Putin said at the Russia-EU summit that Russia covered 90% of the European Union's natural gas needs
* The Moscow Arbitration Court has partially upheld an appeal filed by the Tyumen Oil Company and tax claims for 2001 against it by 100 times