* Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, told journalists in Moscow:
- Iran is prepared to discuss its nuclear program in different formats
- Tehran will review relations with the IAEA if the UN Security Council fails to include Russia's amendments to a European draft resolution on sanctions against Iran
- A resolution proposed by the UN Security Council will not help resolve the nuclear dispute with Iran
- Moscow's proposal to form a joint venture to enrich Iran's uranium on Russian territory is still on the table
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran's nuclear problem must be resolved through negotiations
* The presidents of Russia and Belarus said they will be guided by free market principles as they seek to broaden bilateral economic ties, the Kremlin press office reported follow talks between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko
* Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz will pay off its current debt to RosUkrEnergo, the sole supplier of Russian and Central Asian gas to Ukraine, before the end of the year, Ukraine's Fuel and Energy minister Yuriy Boyko said
* Rosneft is capable of increasing crude supplies to China by 60%, to 20 million metric tons, the state-controlled Russian oil company's president said
* Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmonov met with a senior Gazprom executive to discuss projects the Russian natural gas monopoly could launch in the post-Soviet Central Asian republic in the next few years
* Tax claims for 2004-2005 worth $21.9 million, including fines, have been brought against Sovintel, a subsidiary of Golden Telecom, GT said
* The adoption of a new Constitution in Kyrgyzstan was a hasty move that could set a dangerous precedent, Prime Minister Felix Kulov said
* Ukraine's Prosecutor General Oleskandr Medvedko rejected harsh criticism leveled against him by Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrystenko, who accuses him of failing to control corruption in the country, and dismissed his resignation demand
* Russia's lower chamber of parliament voted to cancel VIP tricolor license plates on cars belonging to State Duma deputies and senators
