* Russia is ready to act as a guarantor in the settlement of a dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, if Armenia and Azerbaijan come to a compromise, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said
* Iran will accept Russia's proposal to set up a joint venture for uranium enrichment on Russian territory, if certain provisions are met, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said
* Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov discussed over the phone the issues of bilateral cooperation, including cooperation in the fuel and energy sector
* Police in Moscow arrested a drug trafficker from Tajikistan attempting to smuggle 1.5 kilograms of heroin into Russia
* Two girls aged 2 and 3 died of severe burns and smoke inhalation in a fire that broke out at the Terek station in the Naursky district of Chechnya, a Russian republic in the North Caucasus
* A helicopter crashed in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan Saturday afternoon, killing the craft's pilot and a passenger
* The Russian ice hockey team won a 9-2 victory over Latvia at the Turin Olympics Sunday, with Ilya Kovalchuk scoring four goals