* The Russian border department said a Russian trawler detained by the Norwegian Coast Guard would be convoyed to Murmansk
* Moscow prosecutors said a senior official in the Federal Tax Service had been caught in the act of receiving a $1 million bribe
* Russia and Brazil signed a contract to send a Brazilian astronaut to the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft
* A Russian presidential adviser said VAT could be cut from the current rate of 18% to 15%-16%
* The Finance Ministry said foreign companies would be allowed to develop the country's hydrocarbon deposits, but with some restrictions
