Main news of July 5

* Sergei Bagapsh, the leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia said that Georgia had plans to attack and invade the region in April-May this year

* Russia may completely stop by 2015 using ports in the Baltic states to transport energy supplies abroad via sea routes, the transportation minister said

* Russia began large-scale military exercises in several regions of the Southern Federal District, which includes highly volatile North Caucasus republics, a senior military official said

* State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, passed a bill quadrupling government funding for major political parties, which gives a significant financial backing to the ruling United Russia party

* An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale was registered off the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia's Far East, no damage or casualties reported, the regional emergencies ministry office said

* Motor Sich, Ukraine's largest manufacturer of aircraft and rocket engines, has offered Russia to manufacture a new engine for Russian cruise missiles, the head of the company said

* Global oil prices will jump to unprecedented levels in case of any aggression against Iran, the country's oil minister said