Sports Army Men still on the march Andy Potts Krasic scorcher keeps the Wolves from the door

News Oligarch’s sons named in Swiss car crash Andy Potts Reports from Switzerland that two sons of under-fire oligarch Telman Ismailov were involved in a street-racing accident look set to intensify the pressure on their beleaguered father.

News The week in review 24 – 30 November Andy Potts A priest is gunned down in his church, while God faces eviction from the national anthem

News A hard day’s night for Russian sex films Vladimir Kozlov The adult film industry is sexing up amid stiff competition from online pirates

News Russian men: hot or not? Andy Potts The Beautiful People web site reckons Russian men are a turn-off, but Russian women take a more mixed view

News Russian Post slashes 33,000 jobs Ayano Hodouchi In the latest blow for employment in the crisis, Russian Post announced on Monday it would be firing at least 33,000 people, or 8 per cent of its workforce, in 2010.

Business Lawyer’s death sparks outrage Ed Bentley and Anna Arutunyan The Hermitage CEO claims Sergei Magnitsky was denied medical treatment by prison authorities

Comment Anti-corruption 0.1 Tom Balmforth Despite a small thumbs-up for Russia on the Transparency International index, Dmitry Medvedev’s campaign still has a long way to go

Comment A pawn in the game Tim Wall The sudden death of Sergei Magnitsky, a 37-year-old lawyer for Hermitage Capital CEO William Browder, raises a lot of awkward questions about conditions in Russian prisons and the ability of the authorities to maintain the rule of law.

Business The December effect Ed Bentley Markets could be in for another bounce next month as investors get ready for the December effect, which has led emerging exchanges to gains in 17 of the last 20 years.

Ask the experts Will there be a new gas war? Ed Bentley Experts divided over whether Gazprom and Ukraine are on a collision course

Business Fraud central Ed Bentley Economic crime in Russia is the worst in the world according to recent surveys

Columnists Resetting race Mark H. Teeter Does Obama’s colour say different things in Beijing and Moscow?

Business The week in review 24 – 30 November Andy Potts Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko seal a gas deal to prevent a winter freeze in relations between Moscow and Kiev

Feature Cheap, warm and wonderful… Phoebe Taplin Ten top ideas for indoor entertainment in Moscow for less than 100 roubles…