The 29-year-old Londoner landed a handful of big left-right combinations in the early rounds that troubled the towering Russian, who could not pin the quick Haye to the ropes.

Giant colorful dominoes painted by German students have been placed along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.

Alexei Dymovsky, a police major in the Krasnodar region city of Novorossiisk, said Sunday on Ekho Moskvy radio that he fears for his life and his family after his video addresses to the prime minister became an Internet sensation over the weekend.

Vedomosti says RusAl and its lawyers are bombarding its reporters with threatening phone calls and e-mails after an Oct. 26 article.

Moscow remains beholden to the Russian economic boom, which in turn directly depends on oil prices, and if they fall again in coming months, the city's real estate bubble may burst spectacularly.

A Gazprom spokesman declined to comment on whether the payment had been received, saying only that the money was expected by Monday.

The finance minister also said he was concerned that asset price bubbles might materialize because of massive rapid capital inflows.

Even the most seemingly trivial factor can spark a historical event.

City Hall’s cultural heritage department has filed lawsuits against Moscow Helsinki Group and Goryachaya Linia, the Moscow branch of the For Human Rights group.

On that cold night twenty years ago, decades of separation and anxiety melted into the unbelievable reality of a future without border guards, secret police, informers and rigid communist control.