* The UN Security Council resolution on Iran, adopted Saturday, fully reflects Russia's economic interests and keeps in force all the contracts signed earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said
* One gunman has been killed and two detained in a special operation in Russia's republic of Karachayevo-Circassia in the North Caucasus, a police spokesman said
* State-controlled oil company Rosneft said:
- Rosneft board of directors decided to be the founder of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline consortium
- Rosneft increased its oil production by 8.2% and natural gas production by 4.2% in 2006, year-on-year
* The assets of Russian banks grew by $137 billion, or 36.7%, to $510 billion in 2006, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said
* The Moscow Arbitration Court raised embattled oil company Yukos' debt to Russia's taxation service by $1.45 billion, to $15.5 billion
* Inflation in Russia in 2006 will not exceed 9%, the Finance Ministry said
* Russia's rotating presidency of the Group of Eight industrialized nations has been one of the principal events of the outgoing year, the Foreign Ministry said
* Russia and Afghanistan are expected to sign an agreement in February to write off the Asian nation's $10-billion Soviet-era debt, a diplomatic source in Moscow said
* India has ordered 300 modernized T-90 main battle tanks from Russia, an Indian television channel said
* The gas price for deliveries from Turkmenistan to Ukraine will remain unchanged in 2007, the Ukrainian prime minister said
