POLITICS
The pro-Kremlin Right Cause party will submit its registration documents to the Ministry of Justice on Monday. Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov is likely to head the new party after June 25
(Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
During an address to the St. Petersburg international legal forum Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised efforts to improve Russia's legal system
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Billionaire Alexander Lebedev announced that he would give up his banking business because of harassment from the Federal Security Service and team up with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's All-Russia People's Front
(The Moscow Times)
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
The Russian Economic Development Ministry has approved a list of documents that regions must submit to receive federal budget subsidies for the support of small- and medium-sized businesses
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Former Russian presidential envoy Igor Yusufov is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport for $1 billion
(Vedomosti)
WORLD
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Tbilisi on Saturday and Sunday to demand President Mikheil Saakashvili's early resignation. Opposition members say Saakashvili will step down on Wednesday
(Kommersant, Vedomosti, Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
A bipartisan bill freezing assets and blocking visas of individuals who commit gross human-rights violations against Russian rights activists was introduced in the U.S. Senate last week
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
Saif al-Adel, who has been named Al-Qaeda's "interim leader," has vowed to "crush" London in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
OIL & GAS
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder may join the board of directors of Russian energy giant Gazprom
(Vedomosti)
Transneft said it would fight a court ruling mandating it to release minutes from its board meetings, accusing anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny of conspiring against Russia and using the minutes for commercial interests
(The Moscow Times)
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
General Motors has decided to further develop its business in Russia without forming any other joint ventures. The company plans to invest over $1 billion in Russia in the next few years
(Vedomosti)
SOCIETY
Protesters gathered in downtown Moscow on Saturday calling for a permanent ban on gay parades in the capital
(Kommersant)
NATURAL DISASTERS
Iceland temporarily closed its air space after an eruption at the Vatnajokull glacier volcano sent a plume of ash and smoke high into the air late on Saturday
(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
SPORTS
CSKA Moscow won the Russian football cup final in Yaroslavl on Sunday after two goals from Ivory Coast striker Seydou Doumbia
(Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
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