POLITICS
Russia expelled The Guardian Moscow correspondent Luke Harding for violating regulations governing the work of foreign correspondents in the country(Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
A number of senior Russian intelligence service officials have been fired for failing to prevent a deadly bomb attack on Moscow's busiest airport on January 24 (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Gennady Kurzenkov was removed as head of the Russian Federal Transportation Inspection Service as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continued to mete out retribution for security failures leading up to the January 24 suicide bombing at Domodedovo Airport (The Moscow Times, Kommersant)
President of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov says parents of militants should bear responsibility for their children
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Royal Dutch Shell may offer Gazprom assets in Asia in exchange for a deal to expand Russia's only liquefied gas export plant, part of talks on a wider global alliance (The Moscow Times)
DEFENSE
Col.-Gen. Nikolai Rogozhkin, Commander of the Russian Interior Ministry's Internal Troops, discusses anti-terrorism measures and Russia's police reforms in an exclusive interview (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
CRIME
Russian police have arrested two suspects in connection with a suicide attack on Moscow's busiest airport last month (Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
WORLD
China invests more money into the Russian Far East than the Russian authorities (Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
SOCIETY
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia will not switch to daylight saving time on the last Sunday of October 2011. The country has been putting the clocks back in fall since 1981 (Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Airlines are still paying compensation to passengers who were stranded at Moscow airports during an ice storm in late December (Vedomosti)
SPORTS
The Russian national football team will take on the Iranian side in an away friendly match on Wednesday as part of the team's preparations for the 2012 Euro Cup qualifiers. It will be the first game for the Russian team this year (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev says the Russian women's team has a good chance of winning the semifinals of the 2011 Federation Cup (Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
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