* The crew of the Varshavyanka diesel submarine based in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East received state awards for the successful trials of the country's first fourth-generation Lada-class diesel-electric submarine in St. Petersburg
* Iran will not end uranium enrichment, even despite the latest proposal by European states, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said
* Russian oil holding company RussNeft intends to complete the acquisition of new assets abroad before the end of 2006 in an effort to boost oil output, the company's president said
* Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged oil exporting nations to boost aid to countries affected by high oil prices
* Russian pipeline company Stroitransgaz will bid for the construction of a gas processing facility in Algeria, the company's first vice president said
* The share of Russia in annual operations carried out by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will rise to 40% by 2010, EBRD Acting First Vice President Steven Kaempfer said
* Three security forces were seriously wounded in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan during an operation to seize a suspected gunman who had holed up in a residential house
