* President Vladimir Putin said inflation would not be contained at 8.5%, the target for 2005
* A Norwegian spokesman said a court would hear the case of two arrested Russian vessels in the middle of December if their owners will not pay fines before procedures begin
* The Economic Development and Trade Ministry said Russia's GDP had grown 5.9%, production output increased 4%, and inflation hit 8.6% in the first nine months of 2005
* LUKoil said it planned to increase the share of natural gas in its hydrocarbon production volume to 33%
* Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis put fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on the Latvian persona non grata list
