* President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to King Abdullah II of Jordan after terrorist attacks claimed at least 67 lives in Amman
* Estonia's foreign minister, Urmas Paet, said he was upset that the Russian authorities had denied him a visa to attend a roundtable on cross-border cooperation in St. Petersburg
* Russian oil and gas major Surgutneftegas said oil production in the first nine months of 2005 was up 7.9% year on year, totaling 53 million metric tons
* Vladimir Kuznetsov, a former UN official from Russia, made his second appearance in a New York court after being charged with money laundering in connection with the Oil-for-Food program
* An Emergency Situations Ministry official said Russia had sent another plane to Pakistan with humanitarian aid for the victims of the massive earthquake that hit the country on October 8
