POLITICS
After his dramatic resignation from the Right Cause party last week, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has backtracked by saying he is not challenging the country's leadership but just one of two competing Kremlin camps.
(The Moscow Times)
Former Mayor Yury Luzhkov offered a voice of cautious dissent in a rare interview, denouncing all political parties but Yabloko and saying the Kremlin still owes him an explanation for his ouster.
(The Moscow Times)
Ex-Right Cause party leader Mikhail Prokhorov said the key reason for party split was probably the desire of new party leaders to get control of the party's money he provided.
(Kommersant)
A regular round of association talks between Ukraine and the EU kicks off in Brussels. The trial of former premier Yulia Tymoshenko could hinder Kiev's integration plans.
(Moskovskiye Novosti)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin disagreed with his deputy Alexei Kudrin that taxes will be raised. Kudrin enjoys more trust from businesspeople.
(Vedomosti)
Russian regions struck deals worth 900 billion rubles ($29.5bn) at the international investment forum in the southern Russian city of Sochi.
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
SOCIETY
A criminal case dating back four years led to serious differences between the Supreme Court and the Moscow City Court.
(Kommersant)
Jailed former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky said that if Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains at Russia's helm, hopes for reform will be extinguished and the country's brightest people will emigrate in droves.
(The Moscow Times)
OIL & GAS
The lineup of partners to build the huge and controversial South Stream pipeline took its final shape Friday as Germany's BASF and France's EDF agreed to join Gazprom and Italy's Eni in the project, in a critical step toward its accomplishment.
(The Moscow Times)
IT
The Federal Service for Registration, Cadastre and Carthography will create a large database of high-resolution photographs of the Earth.
(Vedomosti)
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