
The ruble is trading at 65.69 to the dollar and 73.39 to the ruble. Brent crude is selling for $45.99 per barrel.
The following headlines were taken from RBC, Gazeta, Caucasian Knot, Kasparov, Novaya Gazeta.
- Journalists From Novaya Gazeta, Takiye Dela Detained, Released at Ceremony in Beslan
- 14 Journalists from Znak Leave Union of Journalists
- Investigative Committee Spokesman Markin Implies Order for Murder of Politkovskaya Came from Berezovsky; Family Notes Original Investigation Rejected This Claim
- Volgograd Regional Officials Find Campaign Materials of Parnas Candidate Illegal
What We're Reading
- Beslan's Dreams by Yelena Kostyuchenko [Russian]
- Such a Thing Has Never Happened: Discussion of National Review Article by David Satter, 'The Unsolved Mystery Behind the Act of Terror That Brought Putin to Power, by Aleksandr Nemets [English and Russian]
- The Coal Mines of Rostov Region: Disasters and Protests by Caucasian Knot [Russian]
- 'The Armed Forces of Russia Are Really Preparing for War' by Mikhail Khodarenok [Russian] [Russian]
- The Battle for Bashneft by Tatyana Stanovaya [English]
-- Catherine A. Fitzpatrick