* Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said the company had set a preferential gas price for Ukraine at $160 per 1,000 cu m
* The Lokomotiv Moscow soccer club beat Danish Brondby 3:2 (0:2) in the UEFA Cup group stage at a home game
* The White House said U.S. President George Bush had signed a bill passed by the U.S. Congress ending restrictions on NASA's use of Russian Soyuz spacecraft for flights to the International Space Station
* LUKoil said the Russian oil major's contracts in Iraq could be resumed after the Iraqi government is formed
* The Economic Development and Trade Ministry said Russia's GDP grew by 5.9%, foreign trade stood at $296.8 billion, oil production at 390 million metric tons and natural gas production at 521 million cu m in the first 10 months of 2005
* Ukraine and NATO signed an agreement to dispose of the former's unnecessary stockpiles of light weapons, small arms, shoulder-fired air defense systems, and ammunition
* The first battalion of a Russian motorized rifle brigade will be sent to the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia in December for peacemaking operations
* The Russian Natural Resources Ministry said it was set to prevent damage to people's health from a chemical spill in China
