* Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom said its consolidated net profit in the first nine months of 2005 had grown 30.6% year on year to 133.5 billion rubles ($4.63 billion), according to the Russian Accounting Standard (RAS)
* Two hundred Russian engineers in Moscow are designing a cargo aircraft, the Boeing-747LCF, that will be used to deliver components for the new Boeing-787 Dreamliner passenger plane
* The Chief of the Russian General Staff said Russia's Black Sea Fleet would participate in naval operations in the Mediterranean Sea within the framework of NATO's Operation Active Endeavor, designed to boost the fight against terrorism
* The head of the Russian Space Agency said at a meeting with President Putin that the Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) would be fully operational in 2007
* President Putin called for tighter controls on issuing drivers' licenses against the backdrop of statistics showing an annual death toll of 35,000 in road accidents
* Sergei Kiriyenko, who was replaced as presidential envoy to the Volga Federal District Monday, was appointed head of the Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Power
* Norway's Telenor communications provider pledged to challenge the nomination of candidates by Russia's Alfa-Telecom to the board of directors of major Russian cellular phone operator VimpelCom
* Russian electricity monopoly Unified Energy System reported a 23.5% decline in its net unconsolidated profit to $456 million in January-September 2005
