* The appeals board of the Russian Supreme Court dismissed a complaint filed by environmental groups over the decision to reopen the controversial Baikal paper mill
SPORTS
* Irish Celtic winger Aiden McGeady has passed his medical exams in Moscow's Spartak and may soon make his debut in new football team, Sovetsky Sport reported
* Russia's Nikolai Skvortsov snapped up the silver medal in the men's 200m butterfly at the 2010 European Swimming Championships in Budapest
