* Russian natural gas giant Gazprom and Pakistan's petroleum ministry signed a memorandum cementing agreements on oil and gas cooperation
* Uzbek President Islam Karimov told Russian leader Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg that the two countries should develop strategic partnership
* The head of European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said the company intended to cooperate with Russia in developing its new A-350 passenger plane
* The Kremlin praised the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the IAEA and its Director General Mohamed ElBaradei
* A Russian Foreign Ministry official confirmed that U.S. prosecutors had visited the ministry to discuss the extradition of Russia's former nuclear power minister
