Marat Safin, heavily criticized by the media for his perceived arrogance and flamboyant lifestyle, has been hailed as Russia's savior after he clinched the country's second Davis Cup title.

World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik drew against computer program Deep Fritz on Sunday, after a tense struggle in the fifth game of the Man vs. Machine match.

The risks involved in leasing buildings that have not been put into operation yet cannot be overestimated.

A main trend was a shift from the lease to the acquisition of property. Business parks have become a new format of state-owned sites.

Democracy in all its messy manifestations appeared in the unlikeliest of places last Thursday -- at a conference to provide a platform for victims of apartment fraud to air their grievances with a number of government officials, including Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov and Public Chamber representative Anatoly Kucherena.

A Dubai-based developer announced Sunday that it planned to build a new city on 44,000 acres near Moscow.

WTC Moscow, a hotel and business center in the capital, plans to raise as much as $120 million by selling shares to pay for new buildings, two investors who were asked to buy the stock said.

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