A brief look at the stories making headlines in the Russian-language press

Anastasia Myskina has pulled out of Russia's Fed Cup tie against Italy in Brindisi on April 23-24 with a shoulder injury.

As one of Georgia's countless and uncounted unemployed young men said of Bush's visit, ""He'll come, he'll have a look round, and he'll leave. But we'll still be stuck here.""

The trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky is nearing a verdict.

While it is prevailing in the military struggle in Chechnya, Russia is losing the struggle for democracy and socioeconomic development in the North Caucasus.

Once a upon a time, there was a governor named Dmitry Ayatskov. This governor had his own jet, boat, helicopter and personal zoo. The city of Saratov, where he reigned, did not have a zoo, but Ayatskov did. This zoo was right next to his lovely palace, which was built with funds from the regional budget and handed over to Ayatskov's common-law wife, Olga Sergeyeva.