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.

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

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

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

Russia signed a contract two years ago to sell the S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran but has not made any deliveries or given any explanation for the delay.

Medvedev needs to decide whether he wants to make his regular smart speech or go for the jugular and ask Russians to sacrifice for their country to bridge the “modernization divide” with leading powers.