* The Federal Statistics Service said Russia's industrial production grew 4% year-on-year in January-September 2005 and export surplus increased by nearly 50% in January-August
* Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov denied that Russia had transferred nuclear technologies to Iran
* Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yury Trutnev said a new draft of the Law on Subsoil could be adopted by the end of 2005
* A LUKoil subsidiary announced its acquisition of a 65% stake in Nelson Resources Limited (NRL) of Bermuda, an oil company with operations in Kazakhstan
* Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Russia, NATO, and India would hold joint anti-terrorism exercises in Russia in 2006
* Air Force Commander Vladimir Mikhailov said the Russian Air Force would receive new Su-34 bombers in 2006
* Russian tennis player Igor Andreyev and France's Mary Pierce took the honors as the Kremlin Cup ended in Moscow
