* The Emergencies Ministry said five out of eleven fishermen trapped under a capsized fishing boat in Russia's Far East had been rescued
* The Chechen Interior Ministry said a total of 124 militants had surrendered to the authorities since the Kremlin declared an amnesty
* Police said an icon stolen from the Hermitage Museum has been found in St. Petersburg
* The Ukrainian fuel and energy minister said prices for supplies of natural gas to Ukraine in 2007 would be acceptable and the current price of $95 per 1,000 cu m would remain in place until the end of the year
* Anatoly Chubais, the chief executive of the Russian electricity giant UES said the shortage of electric power supply threatens dozens of regions in Russia
* A group of Communist Party members held a rally near Red Square in Moscow to mark the 15th anniversary of August 1991 coup attempt
* The Russian Foreign Ministry said it had no information confirming rumors about the visit of the Ukrainian prime minister to Moscow on Saturday
