Main news of June 14

RUSSIA

* Ukraine's bid to join NATO could lead to the introduction of a visa regime for Russians and the end of bilateral military projects, Russia's deputy prime minister said

* The presence of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol is no threat to Ukraine's sovereignty, Russia's deputy prime minister said during celebrations to mark the city's 225th anniversary

* A Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson said that a terrorist act against Russian railroad troops, carrying out track repairs in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, had been prevented

* A man was arrested in Penza, central Russia, after police discovered 24 kg (53 lbs) of explosives and specialist bomb-making literature, a police source told RIA Novosti

* An arms cache has been discovered and destroyed in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti

* The bodies of three men were discovered after a fire destroyed a house in central Russia's Kostroma Region, a police source told RIA Novosti

WORLD

* Iran's government spokesman said it would not accept any new incentives, proposed by the EU and world powers, in exchange for halting its uranium enrichment program

* EU's foreign policy chief handed Iran's foreign minister a new "packet of incentives" from the world's six nations to try and persuade Tehran to halt its controversial uranium enrichment program

* Afghan security forces are combing the city of Kandahar to try and catch more than a 1,000 prisoners who escaped in a Taliban suicide attack on the local prison, Afghan officials said

* Spanish police arrested 20 Russians suspected of being involved in organized crime and money laundering in a joint operation involving Russian, U.S., German and Swiss law enforcement bodies, Spanish media said

BUSINESS

* A new 2008 forecast for Russia's inflation will be announced in July and could remain unchanged despite inflationary pressures, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said in Osaka