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

Sweden's TV8 interviewed Moscow Times editor Andrew McChesney about the Russian economy and the upcoming president election during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The interview was broadcast on TV8's news program late last week.

Switzerland's highest court has ruled that a former executive at a state-owned company can not be handed over for trial in Russia without a guarantee that conditions for his detention will meet standards set by the European Convention on Human Rights.

Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov is most likely to replace First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as board chairman of state-controlled Gazprom in a reshuffle prompted by the upcoming presidential elections, a top Kremlin adviser said Wednesday.

Two of the country's top liberal government officials broke ranks with the Kremlin on Wednesday, calling for a change in the country's increasingly strident foreign policy to ensure a stable platform for investors.

Russian stocks fell on renewed concern that a recession in the United States will hurt global demand for oil and gas, the country's biggest exports.

President Vladimir Putin and his likely successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, on Wednesday called for sweeping environmental improvements, saying cleaning up Soviet-era pollution and reducing industrial waste were crucial for the country's economy and public health.

The country's metals billionaires are moving into gold, attracted by record prices and the prospect of carving a share of production that is forecast to rise 40 percent by 2015.

Shareholders of Lenta, the country's third-biggest food retailer, are battling in court for control of the company after failing to agree on funding for expansion.

Billionaire Mikhail Fridman is set to resign Friday as chairman of Alfa Bank to focus on the overall management of Alfa Group.