PRESS DIGEST - Russia - June 6

MOSCOW, June 6 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

KOMMERSANT

www.kommersant.ru

- The chief executive of British oil major BP (BP.L), Tony Hayward, is seeking support from the Russian state to resolve its conflict with TNK-BP shareholders, the daily says, commenting on Hayward's meeting with Gazprom (GAZP.MM) CEO Alexei Miller, Rosneft (ROSN.MM) chairman Igor Sechin and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

- Russian policemen will have to go through lie detectors and report their incomes, according to suggested new measures aimed at fighting corruption that could take effect by 2012.

VEDOMOSTI

www.vedomosti.ru

- Russia's Rosneft (ROSN.MM) will adhere to its contract with CNPC until 2010, the head of Russia's state oil producer Sergei Bogdanchikov, says in an interview.

- The government will double its planned spending on building sports sites in Sochi, the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA

www.rg.ru

- Russian farmers have to feed their cattle with milk because of low dairy prices.

- A senior official within Russia's financial watchdog, Rosfinnadzor, was detained on Thursday for taking a 13,600 euros bribe.

GAZETA

www.gz.ru

- Russia's consultative Security Council could become a powerful structure with special budget financing, the daily says, referring to a draft bill to be approved by lawmakers in the autumn.

The former head of the federal security service, FSB, Nikolai Patrushev has been appointed to head the council.

- Leaders of the small liberal political party, SPS, have appealed to Russia's Supreme Court to review the parliamentary election results of last December.

- Mikhail Khodorkovsky's lawyers have not yet discussed with him the possibility of appealing to Russia's President for a pardon.

VREMYA NOVOSTEI

www.vremya.ru

- Hyundai Motors has become the first foreign car maker to announce plans to export cars produced from its Russian plant, near St. Petersburg.

NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA

www.ng.ru

- Russia has convinced its Baltic neighbours the North Stream project has an economic, not a political role, the daily says, commenting on the results of a Baltic states summit.

- The price of basic food has risen 20 percent in January-May, the highest level since 2002. Experts forecast further growth of 30-50 percent by the end of the year, the daily says.