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 2,000 Detained to Prevent ViolenceAs the unprecedented nationalist protests continued over the weekend, police again resorted to mass detentions to prevent violent clashes between Slavs and ethnic minorities. |
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Putin Compares Khodorkovsky to MadoffPrime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday fueled new speculation about a personal vendetta against jailed former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, saying the businessman belongs in jail and comparing him to disgraced U.S. financier Bernard Madoff. |
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Aeroflot Orders 16 Boeing 777 JetsAeroflot will buy $4 billion worth of Boeing airliners to expand its long-haul fleet, the airline said Thursday. The flag carrier confirmed that it has sealed a deal for 16 Boeing 777s to be delivered between 2012 and 2017. |
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 Cops, Averting Riots, Heave Sigh of ReliefMetal rods, hammers, stun guns, brass knuckles, baseball bats, knives and air guns were confiscated from 1,700 people detained nationwide, confirming that the threat of ethnic clashes was real, a senior Interior Ministry official said. |
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 Tandem Always Watching, Putin SaysRussia is never abandoned by the watchful eye of one of its two rulers, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday during a record Q&A marathon in which he lashed out at the opposition and called former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky a criminal. |
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 How to Resolve the Georgia ConflictDec. 16 will mark the 14th time that parties to the Georgia conflict have gathered in Geneva. Up to now, the Geneva meetings have reportedly largely been exercises in grandstanding and bluster, with little concrete progress to speak of. But this time, progress is possible. |
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Guns Aimed at Journalists Are Aimed at Us AllOn Wednesday, just like every year for the past 11 years on Dec. 15, people gathered at the House of Journalists in Moscow to remember their dead colleagues — journalists who have been killed in Russia over the past two decades. |
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What Lies Ahead After a Year of ThievingThe 2010 annals of corruption stories took a creative twist this week when the public learned that Moscow's metro chief is also a talented inventor. |
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Medvedev Backs Khimki RoadConstruction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg highway is too far advanced to be stopped and will run through the Khimki forest as originally planned, President Dmitry Medvedev said through his spokeswoman on Tuesday. |
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 Pressure Grows as Khodorkovsky WaitsAll eyes will be on a Moscow court on Wednesday as it convenes to start reading the verdict in the second trial of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev. |
