* A senior aide to the Russian president said annual inflation in Russia in 2006 could reach 10%
* The minister of economic development and trade said accrued foreign investment in Russia after the first three quarters of 2005 stood at $91 billion
* A deputy Russian foreign minister said the ministry would sign an agreement on simplified visa regulations with the European Union in spring 2006
* The economic development and trade minister said Russia's GDP had grown 5.9% in the first 10 months of 2005
* Russia's Federal Agency for Industry said Russia and Egypt had completed bilateral negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization and signed a relevant agreement
* The natural resources minister said Russia would produce 168 metric tons of gold in 2005 and would increase this figure to an annual 250 tons by 2015
* The Federal Arbitration Court upheld a ruling to charge an extra 115.4 billion rubles (about $4 billion) in back taxes for 2001 from the Yukos oil company
* The Federal Agency for Nuclear Power said nuclear energy would account for 40%-50% of the electricity produced in European Russia compared with the current level of 30%
* Sergei Ivanov, Russia's Deputy Premier and Defense Minister, said he could head a military-industrial commission within the Russian government
* Russian natural resources minister Yury Trutnev said a system to differentiate mineral resource tax had been drawn up, and is ready to be implemented in the oil sector
* Vimpelcom, a leading Russian mobile phone operator signed an agreement on obtaining a $250-million syndicated loan from several banks
