* Lawyers representing Platon Lebedev, Mikhail Khodorkovsky's imprisoned business partner, appealed to a Moscow court to recognize that their client's transfer to a penal colony in Western Siberia was illegal
* The Finance Ministry said Russia's Stabilization Fund had reached $37.8 billion
* Specialists took blood samples from Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to be analyzed in European laboratories as part of investigations into his possible poisoning
* The heads of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Russian oil giant Rosneft met to discuss cooperation in the development of natural resources in East Siberia
* Russian Senior Military Representative to NATO, Vice Admiral Valentin Kuznetsov said Russia and NATO would discuss the compatibility of military units in counter-terrorism efforts in 2006
* According to the latest figures, 56 people were killed and 102 wounded in three suicide bomb attacks in Amman, Jordan
* Russia's Mission Control Center said it had successfully completed the correction of the International Space Station's orbit
* Vladimir Kuznetsov, a former Russian UN official, made his second appearance in a New York court after being charged with money laundering in connection with the Oil-for-Food program
* Russian oil and gas major Surgutneftegaz said oil production in the first nine months of 2005 was up 7.9% year on year, hitting 53 million metric tons
* Three Azerbaijani political parties announced they were setting up the Democratic Front opposition movement to protest the results of the November 6 parliamentary vote and demand a fresh election
