* Presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak said the federal authorities could appoint their own financial managers in some of the economically troubled regions
* The Agriculture Ministry said Russia had banned poultry imports from a number of Danish and French regions after an outbreak of Newcastle disease November 1
* A teenager who beat a Chinese national to death in the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia's Urals federal district was found guilty
* The Kyrgyz ambassador to Russia said the Kyrgyz authorities had restored order in most penal colonies
* The head of Russian state-owned Vneshekonombank (VEB) said the State Development Bank of China would grant VEB a $300 million loan
