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.

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.

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.

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

Globaltrans wants to invest in new wagons to deliver more freight from steel mills, which accounted for 60 percent of all cargo in the first half of 2009.

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 departure is the first high-profile exit at Opel since GM’s board reversed course and said the automaker would keep the European unit and raise funds to restructure Opel on its own.

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.

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, however, insisted that there would be no delays and the country would get a new president Jan. 17.