* The head of the export arm of one of Russia's leading space and aerospace research institutes was charged with passing information on sensitive technologies to China
* Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said following high-level talks in Jerusalem that Russia and Israel were united in the belief that Iran should not have nuclear weapons, but did have some "tactical differences" over ways to solve the Iranian nuclear problem
* The Constitutional Court of Russia upheld people's right to vote against all the candidates running in an election
* Russian Central Bank Chairman Sergei Ignatyev announced the 2005 GDP growth forecast of 6%
* Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said he backed the idea of a one-party government
* A senior government official said Russia's investment in the country's iron and steel industry was expected to reach 90 billion rubles ($3.1 billion) in 2005, a 23.3% increase year-on-year
* Fitch Ratings assigned Russian oil major Rosneft foreign and national currency ratings of BB+ with a stable outlook
* Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed an agreement on allied relations stipulating the mutual use of military facilities "to ensure security and maintain peace and stability if necessary"
* Russian mobile phone operator MTS reported a net profit during the first nine months of 2005 at $412 million, up 4.18% year-on-year
* The militants who carried out an attack on the North Caucasus city of Nalchik in October had planned to hold the city for two months, the local Interior Ministry's organized crime section said
