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

The Moscow Times launched on Friday, Feb. 1, a new series of investigative reports titled ""Putin's Legacy"" that examine how Russia has changed during President Vladimir Putin's eight years in power.

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.

Kremlin spin doctor Gleb Pavlovsky compared the emerging ""power vertical"" to a phallic symbol in October 2003, saying in a speech that no one should expect it to grow too big.

Although the odds-on favorite will get heavy coverage on state television, his own campaign output is likely to be lighter.

It could be one of his most ambitious projects yet. Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson, one of Britain's most prominent entrepreneurs, said Thursday that his firm was in talks with local partners to establish a new Russian airline, one of several possible new ventures.

Kosovo Serbs could suffer if Europe's biggest democracy watchdog had to quit the region, a senior European Union official said on Thursday, alluding to possible fallout over an independence bid by Kosovo Albanians.

First deputy prime minister and presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev provided some insight into his ideas for the economy Thursday, saying that the best way to reduce technology dependence was to buy the companies producing the technologies the country needs.

A new law that comes into force Friday allows authorities to enter the apartments of debtors without their consent in order to confiscate property.

The deputy head of the British International School was assaulted and robbed of more than $200,000 after he left a bank in western Moscow carrying a bag of cash, police said Thursday.