Complete coverage of the U.S.-Russia summit, being held July 6-8 in Moscow.

When Yelena Gulina talks about her childhood, she remembers a close-knit community where everyone went to church, alcoholism and divorce were unknown, and girls wore colorful costumes for Maslenitsa.

First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, anointed by president Vladimir Putin in December as his favored successor, met with the family of the 100,000th child born in Moscow in 2007 in a visit that had all the trappings of a campaign event.

Raiffeisen International Bank, Austria's biggest lender by market value, is being investigated for alleged violations of Russia's competition laws.

The British Council's office in Yekaterinburg opened after the extended holiday season Wednesday, defying a demand by the Foreign Ministry to suspend its activities until the British Embassy clarifies its status, Interfax reported.

A St. Petersburg court on Wednesday found former world champion heavyweight boxer Nikolai Valuev guilty of injuring a parking attendant in an altercation last year and ordered him to pay $5,200 in fines and damages.

Bomb Targets LegislatorOfficer Killed in IngushetiaStorchak Likely to Stay PutDeputies Decry CoveragePoland Wants Defense Deal

Fund Up 9.4% in DecemberForeign Debt Up to $43BlnCustoms Revenue $144BlnIES Bids for TGK-6, TGK-7UES Advances as Sale BeginsGazprombank Takes LoanGazprom Neft Buys FieldGazprom's Azeri InterestLUKoil Buys Refueling SiteRussia, Algeria Aid GreeceQuery on Units in CyprusAvtoVAZ Sales Rise 6.2%Rail Link Secures ShipmentsRZD to Invest $16.6BlnPorts Volume Up 18%Slot Machine Halls ClosedMetropol, SBI Joint VentureExploration Talks Delayed

The country's inflation rate rose in 2007 to the highest in four years as the government failed to quell a jump in food prices and wages and investment soared.

Turkey has halted the flow of Azeri gas to Greece due to a suspension of gas supplies from Iran to Turkey, a senior Turkish Energy Ministry official said Wednesday.