* Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Russia would not follow the European Union's example and impose an embargo on arms supplies to Uzbekistan
* The Russian and Ukrainian governments have instructed authorized bodies to step up negotiations on the supply and transportation of natural gas
* Moscow could sign a treaty with Chechnya on the division of powers between the federal center and the republic early next year
* New Ukrainian PM and Russian President Vladimir Putin discuss natural gas, economic cooperation in Moscow
* Georgia's opposition Conservative Party has filed a lawsuit in a Tbilisi city court against President Mikheil Saakashvili
