In the presence of the leaders of the two countries, a series of bilateral documents of Russian-German economic cooperation was also signed.
The head of the Russian Railways company, Gennady Fadeev, and the CEO of Siemens, Claus Kleinfeld, signed an agreement on the first project stage to organise the manufacture in Russia of high-speed and extra high-speed trains and general conditions for a contract for their development and manufacture.
An agreement was also signed between Russian Railways and Deutsche Bahn on cooperation in international freight transport.
The CEO of Gazprom, Aleksei Miller, and the CEO of the German chemical giant BASF, Jurgen Hambrecht, signed a framework agreement on expanding the scale of joint activity, and also a memorandum on mutual understanding between Gazprom and BASF.
The President of the company Industrial Investors, Sergei Generalov, and the first vice president of the AGCO corporation, Harry Kollar, signed a Declaration on strategic cooperation between the Agricultural machine holding and the company FENDT/AGCO.
The CEO of Vneshekonombank, Vladimir Dmitriev, signed basic credit agreements with the heads of Deutsche Bank and AKA Export-Finance Bank.
The Minister for Information Technologies and Communications, Leonid Reiman, and the State secretary of the German Ministry for Economy and Labour, Bernd Pfaffenbach, signed an Agreement on cooperation in the area of information technology.