* The ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported a 50% year-on-year growth in oil prices, and an 11.1% increase in gasoline prices in January-September
* The Russian Economic Development and Trade Ministry said the country's trade surplus in the first eight months of 2005 had grown 51% year on year
* Russian energy company Mosenergo's shares fell 1.5% on the RTS stock exchange over tax claims against the company
* Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency Rosatom said it expected more than $120 million from overseas to scrap decommissioned nuclear submarines
* Russian prosecutors removed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko from the international wanted list
* 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%
* Russian aluminum giant RUSAL said it would invest more than $1 billion in the construction of the Rogunskaya hydroelectric power plant in Tajikistan
* A Saratov court sentenced five skinheads to five to 13 years in prison for beating to death a resident of the Caucasus
* Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft said H1 net profits were up 23.4% year on year
