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News Russia Blasts US-Czech Missile Defense Deal RUSUTSU, Hokkaido, (RIA No­vosti) - Russia will respond to U.S. missile shield plans in Central Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, pledging at the same time that Moscow would not resort to ‘hysterics' over the issue.

News Putin Orders Sochi Olympic Facilities Moved By Kirill Bessonov Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the sites of several Olympic facilities in the South Russian city of Sochi moved after repeated protests from Russian and international environmental groups.

News In Brief - Russia to Export $6 Billion in Arms in 2008 Russia to Export $6 Billion in Arms in 2008, Russian Food Aid Arrives in North Korea, Boat Crashes into Russian Revolution Ship in St. Petersburg, Man Crushed to Death by Folding Sofa

News Fall from Grace By Daria Chernyshova and Kirill Bessonov The famous Russian model, Ruslana Korshunova, who died after falling from her ninth-floor balcony on June 28, was buried at Moscow's Khovanskoye cemetery on Monday.

News Russia’s SU-35 Jet Wows Crowd ZHUKOVSKY, (RIA Novosti) - Russia's new state-of-the-art Su-35 Flanker multirole air supe­rio­rity/strike fighter successfully completed its first demonstration flight on Monday.

News Crime Briefs - Police Officers Murdered in North Caucasus Police Officers Murdered in North Caucasus, Army Conscript Kills 3, Self in Far East Garrison, Police Bust Major Mafia Boss' Meeting

Local Sheremetevo Row By Alisa Ballard Aeroflot General Director, Valeriy Okulov, has called on Sheremetevo airport to speed up construction of its third runway.

Local Food Fight By Sergey Dmitriyev According to the Federal Supervision Agency for Customer Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) more than 40 percent of food sold in the capital is either counterfeited or smuggled, the deputy head of Moscow department for consumer markets and services, Anatoly Kochetkov, said at an academic and research conference

Local Metro News - New station names Moscow authorities have approved a list of names for the new stations still under construction.

Local In Brief - World Hairdressers Come to Moscow World Hairdressers Come to Moscow, Hot-Line for Broken Traffic Lights, 30 Houses to be Built for Swindled Investors, Formula-1 Racers set for Moscow Streets

Local Another Reason to Buy Roses... By Katya Vinogradova Family, love and faithfulness - these three words seemed to be on everyone's minds on July 8 when the Russian version of St. Valentine's Day was celebrated.

Local Tail of Two Cities By Tom Washington Russia boasts some outstanding natural beauty, and none more so than in the few remaining wild Amur tigers and Amur Leopards in the country's Far East.

Local The Changing Face of Moscow Tourism By Tom Washington Anyone who has waded through crowds of eager tourists, jam-packed onto Red Square, will see that Moscow's efforts to attract more photo-snapping visitors is paying off.

Local A Nightingale in Red Square By Phoebe Taplin Reporting on the final game of the Champions League in May, The Times sports reporter Simon Barnes was leaving Luzhniki Stadium at 3 a.m. when suddenly he heard the "strong and marvelously sweet" song of a thrush nightingale.