- Russia will not endorse measures designed to isolate Iran
- The date of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear problem is being coordinated, and the talks will be held in the near future
- He hopes to find ways to resolve bilateral problems after talks with his Georgian counterpart, Gela Bezhuashvili
* Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili expects to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a CIS summit in late November, Georgia's foreign minister said
* Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili said his talks with the Russian foreign minister were positive, although he did not provide any information on concrete results
* Iran said it could limit its cooperation with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, if the UN Security Council adopts a tough resolution against the Islamic Republic
* Newly elected UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Iran to give up its uranium enrichment activities and accept proposals of the Iran-6
* Iran's army will conduct practice launches of long-range ballistic missiles during large-scale military exercises starting Thursday, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said
* Japan's economic sanctions against North Korea will remain in force until the reclusive Communist state abandons its nuclear program, country's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said
* Russian President Vladimir Putin prioritized the construction of oil platforms and tankers in the shipbuilding sector
* Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Moscow for a three-day official visit expected to highlight bilateral trade and civilian nuclear cooperation, as well as the situation in the Middle East
* Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East, has one more week to rectify environmental violations, Russia's natural resources minister said
* The export duty on Russian crude oil will be reduced by 24% to $180.7 per metric ton from December 1, Russia's customs and Finance Ministry officials said
* Oil and gas projects being implemented in Russia's Arctic and Far East with the participation of Western firms under production-sharing agreements (PSAs) will yield billions of U.S. dollars for the country, Andrei Dementyev, deputy industry and energy minister, said
* Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko blasted Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's government for its failure to keep the price of Russian natural gas in 2007 at its current level
* Ukraine's parliament approved the resignations of the justice and culture ministers, two out of four Cabinet members who tendered their resignations over major differences with the prime minister October 19
* China intends to purchase Su-33 Naval Flanker ship-borne fighters from Russia, but negotiations on this issue are still at the preliminary stage, a Russian government official said
* Agents of the Federal Drugs Control Service have broken up a Tajik drug ring, seizing about 158 kilograms of heroin with a street value of more than $2 million, a senior service official said
* Between 550,000 and 700,000 people die in Russia every year of alcohol poisoning and related illnesses, a deputy chairman of the State Duma's health protection committee said
* A long-running case against U.S. fast food giant McDonald's over a spilled cup of coffee has been closed by a Moscow court after the claimant withdrew her $34,000 lawsuit, a court spokesperson said
