The head of United Russia relinquishes the role of supra-party leader to Dmitry Medvedev.
It will be effective starting January 1, 2010
This time around, the government can punish them for burning associated gas.
Major Dymovsky sacked without waiting for inspectors from Moscow.
Vladimir Putin received investors in a somewhat informal setting at the Baltschug Hotel.
The residents of the single-industry town "rescued by Putin" are stocking up on macaroni and threatening the authorities with a revolt.
In the meantime, he has provocations from his local colleagues to fear.
Russia will welcome all new-comers.
There’s an old joke about a guy who goes to see a doctor because he’s been having problems with his eyesight. His problem is that he sees a naked woman everywhere he looks. It turns out that his problem isn’t in his eyes but in his mind (“but I see her all the time”).
Dmitry Medvedev will visit Berlin today to attend celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On the eve of his trip he gave an interview to the German magazine Der Spiegel.