* Prosecutors launched an inquiry into the legality of the decisions made by the Elektron trawler's owner and captain, who had fled from Norwegian authorities
* The Russian Interior Ministry said no more than 200 militants had been involved in the attack on the North Caucasus city of Nalchik October 13-14
* Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis said he had instructed security services to track down officials who may have warned Boris Berezovsky of the government's intention to blacklist him
* Russia's Federal Industries Agency said it would allocate some $8 million to design a next-generation, mid-sized airliner, the MS-21, capable of competing with Boeing and Airbus
* Major Russian commercial airline Aeroflot proposed that the duties for a number of foreign planes imported by Russian carriers be canceled
