Sports No-thrills Man U sink CSKA Andy Potts After Rubin's fairytale win in Barcelona it was back to reality with a bump for Russian football as CSKA came up against Manchester United - and the two sides produced a game which highlighted all that is wrong with Europe's premier club competition.

Sports Kazan beat Barcelona in Champions shocker Andy Potts European football fans could be forgiven for asking "Rubin who?" before Tuesday's Champions League match between Russia's Rubin Kazan at the Nou Camp - but not anymore.

Comment Thieves above the law Tim Wall In Russian sagas of crime and punishment, such as the life and death of vor v zakone (thief-in-law) Vyacheslav Ivankov, what goes around usually comes around.

Comment Yaponchik’s death to provoke gang war

News The week in review 20 – 26 October The opposition camp flounces out of parliament, Clinton and Luzhkov erect a statue to Whitman and Putin ponders an eastward thrust for Eurovision

News Avtovaz on the brink Ayano Hodouchi and Anna Arutunyan Union chiefs call for a return to full employment at ailing car plant

News Russia, Kazakhs challenged over OSCE Anna Arutunyan Human rights activists are protesting over Kazakhstan’s planned chairmanship of the organization

Business The week in review 20 – 26 October

Business Waiting for Shtokman Anna Arutunyan Investors in Murmansk are gearing up for a gas boom – but don’t know when

Local Avoiding the card sharks Nathan Toohey The Central Bank has issued some words of advice for using bank cards safely

Local Early birds beat the traffic jams

Local Join the Moscow mafia Andy Potts Forget paintball – the new teambuilding trend can be found in the city’s mafia clubs, where you can emulate Yaponchik without being gunned down

Business East or West? Ed Bentley After last week’s Chinese trade deals, we asked Moscow experts whether Russia’s economy should focus more on Asia or Europe

Business Russian correction looms Ed Bentley Overperforming Russian markets enjoying the longest emerging-market rally in four years has got the country's investors biting their nails in fear of a correction.

Culture Spanish passion Vladimir Kozlov Brace yourself for an emotional spectacle from a Madrid flamenco troupe