POLITICS
In a sign of parties losing their cool ahead of this month's regional elections, Russia's ruling United Russia party has accused the Communists of trying to stage an attack on its campaigners with air guns and pepper spray.
(Moscow Times)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
A London court has seized shares in the Bank of Moscow that Russia's second largest lender, VTB is trying to buy from Goldman Sachs.
(Vedomosti)
Russia's state development corporation Vnesheconombank (VEB) will fund a project to develop fast streetcars and roads in Moscow.
(Vedomosti)
SOCIETY
RIA Novosti is celebrating the 1941 foundation of its earliest predecessor, the Soviet Information Bureau.
(Moscow Times)
A Russian court sentenced a man who used the Internet to steal donations meant for a sick girl to six months in prison.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
WORLD
Waste from a chemical refinery has turned part of a city in southern Ukraine into a Martian landscape
(Moscow Times)
DEFENSE
The Russian Defense Ministry has bought a deployable field camp from a German firm, marking the latest military purchase from a Western country.
(Moscow Times)
Russian-French talks on the purchase of four Mistral helicopter carriers have ground to a halt over price disagreements.
(Kommersant)
IT
Russian mobile retailer Svyaznoy says it hopes to earn more in 2012 than competitor Euroset. The two companies are embroiled in a fierce battle for dominance on the handset market.
(Vedomosti)
Taxpayers will be able to pay all state bills, including taxes, via cash machine or the Internet as early as in the end of this year.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
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