* Russia said the lighthouse seizure could only damage its relations with Ukraine
* Ukraine called Russia's claims of the lighthouse seizure "deliberate disinformation," and said it had the right to use the facility
* The Emergency Situations Ministry said five people had been killed in a car crash in southern Kazakhstan
* Russian business daily Vedomosti reported that Turkmenistan was planning to raise the price for its gas deliveries to Gazprom to $85 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2H06 from the $65 level agreed for 1H06
* The Supreme Rada, Ukraine's parliament, made a decision Friday to extend its session for a week, until January 20
* The Ukrainian parliament will not rescind its decision to dismiss Yuriy Yekhanurov's government, Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said
* LUKoil Vice President Leonid Fedun said the Russian oil producer planned to increase its share in Kazakhstan's oil output to 10%
* Ukraine's parliament asked the president to launch an audit of RosUkrEnergo, a Swiss-based company that transports Central Asian natural gas to Ukraine via Russia
* Quarantine measures imposed to control the spread of bird flu has been lifted in 16 villages in the Ukraine's Crimea
* Azerbaijan's national oil company Socar said it had imported 4.54 billion cubic meters of Russian gas last year
