* A Moscow Region court sentenced in absentia
fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky to 13 years in prison
after finding him guilty of embezzling 58 million rubles ($1.9
mln)
* The Russian foreign minister said he doubted Tehran
would change its position on the nuclear issue and urged the
international community to be patient and work toward a
peaceful resolution
* G8 foreign ministers have condemned North Korea's May 25
nuclear test as a threat to regional security
* Russia will fulfill its obligations on schedule to
supply three Project 11356 frigates to India by 2012, a
shipbuilding industry official said
* The Group of Eight leading industrialized countries
deplored the post-election violence in Iran and called on the
authorities in the country to resolve the conflict by dialogue
* Russia will participate in an expected tender to supply
diesel-electric submarines to the Indian navy, the Russian
state arms exporter said
* A Russian-U.S. military cooperation agreement will be
signed during President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow in early
July, the chief of the Russian military's General Staff said
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