* Russian Railways railroad monopoly said Monday that it had secured a $540 million loan from a syndicate of foreign banks
* The Russian government said its planned increase in spending to compensate for the rise in fuel prices would not push the inflation rate over the target of 10%
* The Lithuanian Air Force Commander was dismissed over the recent crash of a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter
* A Saratov court sentenced five skinheads to between five and 13 years in prison for beating to death a Caucasus resident
* The British ambassador to Russia said the United Kingdom expected Russia to produce stronger evidence of Chechen separatist envoy Akhmed Zakayev's guilt for his extradition to Russia
