POLITICS

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti arrived in Russia on Sunday and will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for cooperation talks on Monday

(Kommersant)

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed  a federal law on Saturday authorizing the protocol for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO)

(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

Investigators detained several prominent local officials over a deadly flood that ravaged the city of Krymsk in southern Russia

(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)

Veteran human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva took aim at President Vladimir Putin as she celebrated her 85th birthday at a Moscow café Friday in the company of about 200 guests, including well-known rights activists, politicians, economists, Russian and foreign journalists and family

(The Moscow Times)

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

Italians plan to invest one billion euros into the developments of resorts in Russia’s North Caucasus

(Vedomosti)

Russian mineral fertilizer producer Acron will not bid for a 20 percent state stake in apatite concentrate maker Apatit due to strategy changes

(Vedomosti)

U.S. computing giant Microsoft has reported the first unprofitable quarter since it became a public company in 1986 after it wrote down the value of its failing online ad business

(Vedomosti)

President Vladimir Putin on Friday encouraged his new advisory council to make accurate predictions about the economic outlook

(The Moscow Times)

WORLD

Neither U.S. President Barack Obama nor his opponent in this year’s presidential election Mitt Romney decided to take action in regard to the country’s guns control legislation despite the recent deadly shooting at a movie theater in Colorado

(Kommersant)

SOCIETY

A law imposing a tax on luxury cars may come in force in Russia starting in 2013. The luxury car tax will be levied as a transport tax.

(Vedomosti)

A Moscow court ruled to prolong custody of three women from the Pussy Riot punk group for another six months ahead of their trial on charges related to an anti-Putin protest

(Kommersant, The Moscow Times)

A law banning beer advertising in the streets, on TV, radio and the internet comes in force in Russia starting Monday

(Kommersant, Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

Up to 900 prisoners are refusing food, and five slashed their forearms in a high-security prison in Bashkortostan after an inmate was beaten to death

(The Moscow Times)

CRIME

Court on Saturday arrested four of the six men suspected of attempting to murder the Mufti of Tatarstan in Kazan and shooting his former deputy

(Kommersant)

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