News of the Day, 15:00 Moscow time

* Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said:

- Bulava sea-based ballistic missiles will be adopted by Russia's Navy only jointly with its delivery platform - the Yury Dolgoruky nuclear submarine

- The newest Borey class strategic nuclear submarines will be deployed with Russia's Northern and Pacific fleets

- More than 40% of the Russian Defense Ministry budget is spent on the Navy, particularly on the development of strategic nuclear forces

* Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has alleged that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency was planning to shoot down his plane, Latin American press agencies reported

* Moldova's parliament failed to elect a president in a second and final vote and will face dissolution paving the way for a new general election

* Israel has no plans to launch a missile attack on Iran despite the global threat of Tehran's nuclear program, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said

* A meeting of the Russia-NATO council at the level of foreign ministers could be held on June 27 on the Greek island of Corfu, Russia's envoy to the military bloc said

* India's lower house of parliament has for the first time elected a woman as its speaker, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced during a live parliamentary session