US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has apparently lauded Russia’s willingness to share information in the past week.  President Dmitry Medvedev has asserted that if Iran does not cooperate on its nuclear program by October 1, alternative methods will have to be used.  The Moscow Times reports that Medvedev has also urged the country to prove that it is not attempting to make a nuclear bomb.  Reports about a new nuclear site in Iran have prompted Sergei Lavrov to plea for caution.  Lavrov has also expressed disappointment that Russia’s ‘Western partners’ seemingly withheld intelligence information relating to the discovery.  An article in the Guardian explains why Russia has so much leverage regarding the US-Iran axis.  The New York Times suggests that for the Kremlin, Iran is too good a bargaining chip to be used indiscriminately.  Medvedev has announced officially that Iskander missiles will not be deployed in Kaliningrad.