- Nobody can push Russia toward confrontation with the U.S.
- Any use of force in potential flashpoints in breakaway regions would be an unforgivable mistake
- Russia wants Iran to respond faster to the proposals of Iran-6 mediators on its controversial nuclear program
- Iran's nuclear file has to return to the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA
- Using special services overseas to combat terrorism is not a breach of international law
- There is no reason to think that the North Korean missile program was aimed at Russia
- Missile tests conducted by North Korea without notifying its neighbors cannot be considered normal, even if there is no legal ban on them
- North Korea's technological level is not sufficient to build missiles with a range of 6,000 kilometers
- Russia will maintain constant energy supplies to Europe
- Russia is not planning to legalize soft drugs
* Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said:
- The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe may cease to exist if the West continues to evade ratification of its adapted version
- Russia is preparing proposals extending the validity of disarmament agreements
- The UN Security Council must firmly but calmly assess the situation around North Korea's missile tests
* Russia's space agency said the U.S. space shuttle Discovery had successfully docked with the International Space Station
* Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, said Russia would soon acquire a new British-made Panther deep-sea rescue vehicle
* Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Federal Space Agency, said:
- Russia intends to take at least 21% of the space services market by 2015 as part of a development strategy approved by the Cabinet
- North Korea's combat missiles are substandard, and Wednesday's test launches were riddled with errors
* Russian state-run oil company Rosneft said it had extended a deadline for Russian nationals to bid for its shares at the initial public offering by two days, until July 12
* Ukraine's parliament resumed work after the opposition ended its blockade of the rostrum and reached a compromise with the coalition majority
* Two defendants in a horrific army hazing case in Russia partially admitted their guilt
* Interior officials said eight people were feared dead and 13 injured after a suspected bomb blast ripped a minibus apart in the capital of Moldova's self-proclaimed republic of Transdnestr
