* Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, said:
- a trilateral mechanism representing Russia, the European Union and the United States could be developed to resolve urgent international issues
- the United States have failed to impose a unipolar world order, as its influence on the global politics has weakened
* Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said Russia is ready to participate in the development of mineral deposits and to build nuclear power plants of different kinds in Namibia
* Seven people were killed and many injured in a crash that happened while a passenger airliner was making an emergency landing in southern Russia, an emergency service said.
