- discord at the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program was one of the reasons which drove Pyongyang to conduct a nuclear test October 9
- Russia does not intend to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia
- Russia is ready to hold talks on extending the stay of the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea
- state-controlled energy giant Gazprom's program to connect regions to the gas supply network will affect 11 million people in 53 regions by 2008
- the construction of a Pacific oil pipeline will cost an extra $1 billion
- the deterioration in Moscow's relations with Tbilisi is due to Georgia's militarization
- Russia's border in the Caucasus will be completed in 2007 and will cost $500 million
- the transition to a single currency is the most important condition for establishing a Russia-Belarus Union State
- Russia's actions in relation to Georgia are determined by its desire to prevent bloodshed in the volatile South Caucasus region
- national defense spending has grown 250% since 2000, and now accounts for 2.6% of GDP, which will ensure Russia's security for a long time
- Russia's Navy will take part in protecting the Nord Stream gas pipeline
* The Russian Navy press service said a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile launched from the Dmitry Donskoi nuclear submarine in the White Sea self-destructed after it deviated from its trajectory
* The Foreign Ministry said the submission of registration documents by non-governmental organizations in Russia after the October 18 deadline is still possible
* Russia's natural resources minister said he has ordered that a comprehensive review of damage caused by the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East be completed in a month, and that a full report be drawn up within four months
* Kazakh prime minister Danial Akhmetov said his country intends to explore oil and gas deposits on the Caspian Sea shelf only in cooperation with Russian oil companies
* Former Yukos executive Svetlana Bakhmina convicted on embezzlement and tax evasion charges has been sent to serve her six-and-a-half-year sentence in a women's penal colony in the Central Russian republic of Mordovia, a lawyer for the convicted executive said
* A total of 11 sailors have now been found alive from the 18-man crew of a Russian cargo ship that sank in the West Pacific two days ago, after rescuers found another six on Wednesday, Russian officials in Vladivostok said
* A state of emergency has been declared in Russia's northern Pskov Region as the result of a mass poisoning with bootleg alcohol, a spokesman for the local administration said
* Trade between Russia and China is expected to reach $32-34 billion in 2006, and climb to $60-80 billion in the near future, Russia's ambassador to China said
* The first reactor of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China will reach full capacity in December, the head of Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly Atomstroiexport said
