* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the Iranian nuclear program and Middle East conflict resolution with U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza Rice
* U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza Rice confirmed that the United States had no plans to deploy new military bases in Central Asia
* President Vladimir Putin proposed that the Chukotka legislature approve incumbent governor Roman Abramovich for the second term
* Russian Interior Ministry said 92 militants were killed and 13 detained in the North Caucasus city of Nalchik
* Russia submitted a draft resolution on transparency and confidence building measures in space to the UN General Assembly
* Russia's Yelena Dementyeva and Dinara Safina failed to advance to the finals of the Kremlin Cup, a premier Russian tennis tournament
