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- Russia polls to be litmus test
Local elections were held across Russia on Sunday in what analysts say are a litmus test of new political freedoms promised by Dmitry Medvedev, president - Fake broadcast sparks Georgian fears
A Georgian television channel is struggling to explain a fake news report that Russia had invaded and taken power, and that President Mikahil Saakshvili had been killed - Soviet diplomacy
Russia is seeking to rebuild an old alliance with India, and stronger ties with Russia carry some appeal the country, which likes to keep its options open, and will be wary of over-reliance on the US - India's ONGC and Russia in energy pact talks
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp is in talks with Gazprom and Rosneft over taking equity stakes in oil and gas projects to help cement an energy partnership - Severstal to increase capital spending by 40%
Russia's biggest steelmaker plans to boost capital spending by 40%, in an attempt to improve its competitive position as global demand for the commodity picks up - It's tougher at the top under Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev's purge of Olympic bureaucrats this week is the latest demonstration of a new style he has brought to the Russian presidency: the axeman cometh - Yukos case goes to European court
Largest case to be heard by European Court of Human Rights in its 50-year history, more than five years after suit was first lodged - Sarkozy shifts stance towards Russia
Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to sell not one but four helicopter and troop-carrying ships to Moscow completes a remarkable turnround in the French president's attitude towards Russia - Paris agrees to sell warships to Moscow
France says it has begun exclusive negotiations with Russia to sell four helicopter-and-troop ships, in spite of opposition from the US and the Baltic states - Russia threatens to ban Austrian flights
Russia's transport ministry has asked Vienna for information proving Austrian is still an Austrian-controlled company under bilateral flight agreements - Putin threatens energy-sector oligarchs
Russia's premier hit out at some of the country's biggest tycoons, threatening them with penalties, for failing to invest in the electricity sector, as record winter demand puts worn-out generation capacity under strain - Iran's stance towards IAEA alarms Russia
Moscow has toughened its position on Iran's failure to cooperate with the UN body, a day after the agency said that Tehran might be working on a nuclear payload for a missile - Medvedev sacks 18 police in purge
Russian president culls two deputy interior ministers and replaces them with allies from his administration in a bid to stamp out corruption - Moscow raises environmental heat on TNK-BP
Russia's environmental watchdog says it is recommending BP's Russian oil venture be stripped of its licence to develop the Kovykta field in east Siberia - Russia stirs a cold war spat about European security
Nato members cannot afford to allow Russia a veto over their efforts to update the alliance's purpose and capabilities by formulating what diplomats call a new 'strategic concert', writes Philip Stephens