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

The all-star Belgium team ousts defending champion Russia in the quarterfinals.

Vladimir Klitschko refused to let the rematch with Chris Byrd go the distance.

In a 419 to 5 vote, the State Duma passed a raft of amendments last week that would once again allow the authorities to confiscate the property of someone convicted of a crime, ease restrictions on wiretapping and searches of apartments without a court warrant, and put new curbs on media coverage of anti-terrorist operations.

There's a telling story, not mine unfortunately, which encapsulates the feeding frenzy of the last great Russian equity bubble in 1997.

When I first visited Chicago, I was surprised by how ""American"" that city looked to me. More so than New York, Dallas or even Los Angeles.

Alexander Izosimov, the 42-year-old CEO of VimpelCom, Russia's No. 2 telecoms company, looks back to his student years in the waning days of the Soviet Union for what he still considers one of his biggest accomplishments.