* Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said:
- Sanctions may be imposed on Iran if it is a real threat to international security
- The ratification by Russia of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism will not restrict the country's cooperation with Iran
- Russia does not share unilateral military methods practiced by the United States
- A referendum in Transdnestr, a self-proclaimed republic in Moldova, is a response to a de facto blockade that is damaging the region's economy
* Four theories in the murder of Russian Central Bank First Deputy Chairman Andrei Kozlov have been advanced, the first deputy prosecutor general said
* The Moscow City Court sentenced Alexander Koptsev, who was found guilty of stabbing nine people in a synagogue in January 2006 and of fueling religious hatred, to 16 years in prison
* George W. Bush's administration dismissed complaints made by the Russian president that Russia faces serious obstacles while trying to lobby for its interests in the United States
* An airplane that violated Russian air space belongs to a private Estonian company, the Baltic state's border service said
* Ukraine's Communist Party intends to propose in parliament abolishing the presidency on the grounds that it has proved ineffective, the party's press service said
* The final and third spacewalk of astronauts from U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis has been postponed for an hour due to a problem with electrical equipment, a Mission Control spokesman said
* The Shanghai Cooperation Organization made another step toward raising its profile as the SCO heads of government gave instructions for studies to be conducted into the establishment of a regional energy club
* One man was killed as riots similar to those in the northern Russian city of Kondopoga in August broke out in the Saratov Region, in European Russia's southeastern city of Volsk
* A detachment of guards with small arms and light weapons will ensure the safety of the Russian contingent in Lebanon, the head of the Russian delegation in the Mideast country said
* The pro-presidential Our Ukraine bloc accused the Ukrainian prime minister of breaching agreements set out by the national unity pact on Ukraine's NATO membership drive
* An Uzbek national threatened to set himself on fire at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow if he was not granted an American visa, law enforcement agencies said
