Business Gazprom’s ‘Nigaz’ project raises eyebrows The Moscow News The Russian gas giant’s PR gaffe leaves its joint venture with Nigeria one ‘g’ short of a rap group

Comment The impossible takes a little longer Tim Wall When Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama meet in the Kremlin next month, they may care to recall the famous can-do motto of the US Army Corps of Engineers during World War II: "The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer."

News The Tehran triangle Albina Kovalyova Russia has managed to avoid offending the Iranian leadership, but that doesn’t mean the Kremlin is backing Ahmadinejad

News Bombing threatens Ingushetia reform Anna Arutunyan The attack on Yunus-Bek Yevkurov’s motorcade leaves the troubled republic without leadership and may give Ramzan Kadyrov more influence

News The week in review - Talking pork, not talking dirty Putin’s supermarket sweep helps shoppers buy indecently low-priced pork. Meanwhile, lawmakers will be banned from using bad language

News The next trouble spots waiting to boil over Here are some of the many towns across the country facing a Pikalyovo-like situation

News Where are the next Pikalyovos? Anna Arutunyan Mounting debt, the worsening economic crisis and persistent mismanagement is hitting Russian industry hard, prompting fears of a rash of Pikalyovo-like uprisings.

Business The week in review - IKEA left twisting in the wind The Swedish furniture giant protests against delays in opening its Samara store, while fixed-line telecoms giant Svyazinvest looks to go mobile

Business Medvedev leads scramble for Africa Ed Bentley His ambitious tour of four key countries aims at clinching deals

Business Punters face long wait RIA Novosti Russia will not be able to launch its new gaming zones in less than four or five years, the head of Russia's special economic zone regulator said on Thursday.

Business Rekindling Soviet-era ties Medvedev was talking business in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer. Moscow’s political reach in other nations goes back to Soviet times

Business Limits set for bail-outs Ed Bentley It’s survival of the biggest as state financing for troubled banks is set to be restricted to the top 55 financial institutions by assets

Business 'W' recovery, here we come Ed Bentley Hopes for a quick recovery are rapidly vanishing as the real economy remains lodged in the doldrums and the stock markets continue to correct from their 2009 highs.

Real Estate Kommunalka comeback Ayano Hodouchi The dreaded communal apartment, infamous as the cause of countless domestic scandals, is rising from the dead - fueled by the current economic hard times.

Comment Blowing up Ingushetia’s hopes Roland Oliphant The suicide bomb attack on the Ingush president, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, could well deprive the North Caucasus of its most astute leader