US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the door to Nato remains open for Ukraine.
The next round of talks on entering into a new framework agreement between Russia and the European Union will commence in Brussels next week.
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has approved a complete ban on drink-driving.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization countries plan to develop a system of interstate holding companies for the production of military equipment.
Russia's Gazprombank, a banking arm of energy giant Gazprom, will start meeting investors next week and may potentially follow other major lenders to the Eurobond market.