News Tajik Police Find Reporter's Killers By Kirill Bessonov Three people suspected of killing Russian TV journalist Ilyas Shurpayev were detained in Tajikistan and could possibly be handed over to Russia for trial, in what a high-placed police official in the former Soviet republic said was a "non-political" murder.

News No Winners at NATO Summit By Kirill Bessonov The NATO summit in the Romanian capital Bucharest failed to fulfill the hopes of former Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine to get into the alliance's Membership Action Plan. Despite pressure from the U.S. president and support from the United Kingdom and Canada, both Germany and France opposed the expansion plans, citing the possible aggravation of relations with Russia, which are already strained due to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense system in Czech Republic and Poland.

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News Software to Block Student Access to Porn, Extremism By Anna Arutunyan Russian schools have been equipped with technology to block student access to extremist and pornographic content. The move was announced by the Federal Education Agency as part of last year's pledge to provide licensed computer programming to educational facilities nationwide.

News Russian Police Issue Warrant for British Financier MOSCOW (AFP, RIA Novosti) - Russian police have issued an arrest warrant for the British head of investment fund Hermitage Capital Management, William Browder, for tax evasion, the daily Kommersant reported on Thursday.

News Berezovsky Blamed for Politkovskaya Murder MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - A Russian chief investigator has claimed that fugitive tycoon Boris Berezovsky was behind the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a respected daily said on Thursday.

News Crime Briefs - Russian Gets 25 Years in Jail for Smuggling Medicine Into UAE Russian Gets 25 Years in Jail for Smuggling Medicine Into UAE, Investigators say 2,500 Children Murdered in Russia in 2007, Thieves Steal ATM Machine From Grocery Store in Urals, Russian Customs Seize Monkeys on Banana Boat

Local Domodedovo Takes the Prize By Tom Washington For those who have sat in queues of traffic as your bus from Sheremetyevo calmly goes nowhere, it will probably be no surprise to learn that Domodedovo Airport reaped the latest batch of awards at last month's ACI (Airport Council International) Europe Conference in Brussels.

Local New Railway Stations to Link Airports with Central Moscow By Sergei Dmitriyev Two new railway stations are to be built in Moscow within the next twelve years, Fyodor Pekhterev, head of the Giprotrans Institute, announced last week.

Local In Brief - Alcohol Ads to Be Removed from Metro Alcohol Ads to Be Removed from Metro, Fifteen Vehicle Crash Paralyzes Moscow Traffic, Migrant Birds Return to City Ahead of Schedule, Longer Car Inspection Hours to Reduce Lines

Local Fine Art Covers Up Commercialism By Nathalie Cooper Some of you may have been wondering about the new and unusual billboards that have recently cropped up around town. Nescafé and Nivea advertisements have been replaced by classic paintings such as Petrov-Vodkin's "Bathing of a Red Horse," Kustodiev's "Maslenitsa" and Kramskoy's "Unknown Woman." This change may seem like a refreshing sort of advertising for some, who may be getting tired of the incessant consumerism of the big city. Although they are placed alongside roads on the usual billboards, these posters are not advertising anything commercial. They are all part of a joint project between the outdoor advertising company News Outdoor and the Tretyakov Gallery entitled "Masterpieces of world art on the streets of Russian towns."

Local City Prepares for Annual Spring Cleaning By Nathalie Cooper The winter weather has finally relented, shedding its grey smoggy cloak in favor of clear, sunny skies. Climate change in Moscow corresponds with an annual rite of spring, which sees thousands of volunteers and workers teaming together to put the shine back into the city after the long winter.

Restaurants & Bars Sushi Showdown By Theodore Merz It's hard to believe that only a few years ago sushi was considered a rare and exotic food in Moscow. Today, a five minute stroll will take you past at least one outlet of the capital's many chains, not to mention the countless restaurants and clubs that offer a Japanese menu alongside European or Russian dishes. As the perfect antidote to heavy, starchy Russian cuisine, and the ideal solution for skinny Russian girls who want to meet up in restaurants without consuming too many calories, it looks like the Japanese rolls might be here to stay. The Moscow News takes stock of four of the city's ubiquitous sushi houses.

Local Born in the Big City By Daria Chernyshova I am thankful to Masha for this letter, whether I agree with her statements or not. She painted her life in a small Russian village, and how greatly it differs from life in the big city. Things for her are not easy: she does not have the opportunity to study at school, so she must provide for her own education; there is not a wide selection of goods in her area. The images described in her letter made me think about those who live without modern comforts.

Local While the Cat's Away... By Nathalie Cooper How good are you at leaving your pets with stran­gers when you go off on holiday? Do you trust them enough to take care of your four-legged be-whiskered family members? Although some people are lucky enough to have relatives or friends they can ask to look after their pets, hoping they might include a few pats on the head and the occasional cuddle as they come in twice a day to feed the animals, some have more difficulty in finding people they trust to provide their pets with the care and affection they need. This is why more and more people are resorting to pet hotels, which have sprouted up in Moscow over the past few years. Currently, there are 41 pet hotels that operate in Moscow, although a large number of these are far from the city center.