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The article reports on the investigation of the murder of Novaya gazeta's investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. It includes a detailed minute-by-minute story of the murder at an apartment building in Moscow. According to the author, the neighbors of Politkovskaya did not hear gunshots because the killer used a pistol with a silencer. Investigators were able to produce a picture of the killer using a camera that was installed in the entrance of the building.

The article reports on the abduction of Oleg Orlov, REN TV film crew and the chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center, by men in special forces uniforms from a hotel room in Ingushetia, Russia. According to Marianna Maksimovskaya, the anchor of REN TV, the two film crews had been sent to the republic to cover a rally staged by the local opposition. She stated that about 15 men dressed in camouflage fatigues and armed with assault rifles burst into the room.

An excerpt from the article "Nazi Fails Linguistic Analysis," published in the "Kommersant" periodical's July 5, 2007 issue is presented.

The article reports on the possible murderers of Anna Politkovskaya. The investigators made three main theories about the murder of Politkovskaya including the revenge of policemen on the wanted lists and by the former Chechen rebels who went to the federal forces. Information on the articles of Politkovskaya about the people who are suspected to take revenge on her is presented.

The article presents a condensation of a press report on an anti-Georgian campaign in Russia in the wake of Georgian authorities' arrest and turnover of Russian officials suspected of being spies. Inspections and closures of Georgian-owned commercial establishments were carried out in Moscow and Moscow Province, purportedly acting on verbal directives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Georgian trawlers were seized for poaching, and demonstrators protested at the Georgian embassy.

Reports that Marek Reszuta, second secretary of the Polish Embassy in Russia, had been beaten by unknown assailant in downtown Moscow, Russia. Findings of the investigative team from the internal affairs administration of Central District about the accident; Initiation of criminal proceedings under the Russian Criminal Code by the acting prosecutor of Presnya Borough; Designation of an investigative team from the Presnya Internal Affairs Department to the criminal case.

Reports that the prosecutor's office and internal affairs administration in Moscow, Russia have reclassified the Kashirskoye Highway bus stop explosion from pure hooliganism to act of terrorism. Impetus behind the move; Assignment of the criminal case to the Moscow Federal Security Service Administration for investigation; Findings of preliminary analysis conducted by the city internal administration's crime laboratory experts on the explosive device used in the terrorist act.

Reports that the Russian Prosecutor General's Office has opened a criminal case in connection with the alleged abduction of Russian presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin. Origin of the investigation; Lack of actual substantiation of Rybkin's claim that he was abducted.

Reports that a division of the Internal Affairs Ministry's Criminal Police Service has set up the T Center for combating criminal terrorism in Russia. Main agencies involved in combating terrorism according to Article 6 of the Law on Combating Terrorism; Functions of T Center; Conflict during the center's formation.

Reports on the identification of a secret agent for the United States and Lithuanian intelligence services by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in June 2000. Activation of the Lithuanian agent to gather information about the FSB's computer and information security departments; Potential impact on the Russian-American summit.

Reports on the investigation conducted by the Russian Federation office of the Prosecutor General on Most Security Service, a subsidiary of the MediaMost holding company. Temporary suspension of the security company's license to operate; Confiscation of the weapons of the company; Threat posed to the company's clients.

Presents an excerpt from the article `God Didn't Allow It,' about the discovery of a bomb in a Jewish synagogue in Moscow, Russia, which appeared in the July 27, 1999 issue of `Sevodnya.'

Presents excerpts from an article which appeared on the July 14, 1999 issue of the newspaper `Svodnya' that reports the reaction of the Russian Jewish Congress to the increasing number of anti-Semitic crime in the country.

An excerpt from the article "Prosecution Goes After Aleksei Frenkel's Defense Attorney", published in the "Kommersant" periodical's January 19, 2007 issue is presented.

The article reports on the conflict between Russia and Japan in connection to the detained Japanese schooner. It states that Russian border guard, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, detained a Japanese schooner, the Kisshin Maru, in the waters off the Southern Kuriles as it was illegally harvesting crab. It also reports that the seizure of the schooner was preceded by a chase during which a Japanese sailor was killed.

The article reports that Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former chief executive officer of Yukos, had himself provoked an attack on him by an inmate named Aleksandr Kuchman in Russia. This is according to Yury Kalinin, the director of the Federal Corrections Service. Kalinin claims that the Corrections Service has decided to transfer Khodorkovsky to a one-man cell in order to stop any speculation regarding a threat to his life.

Reports that Andrzej Uriadko, technical specialist at the Polish Embassy, had been attacked by two Russian-speaking men in Moscow, Russia. Investigation of the incident by the Moscow police; Diagnosis of the damage done to Uriadko; Linkage of the incident from the recent attack on the children of Russian diplomats in Warsaw.

Reports on the order of Vladimir Pronin, director of the Moscow Chief Internal Affairs Administration, that the period of time that Ukrainians may stay in the Russian capital without registering was lengthened to 90 days. Changes in the registration procedure for Ukrainians in Moscow; Documentation of Putin's promise in the form of a bilateral protocol.

Reports on the conduction of a meeting of the chief internal affairs administration by Moscow chief of police Vladimir Pronin to discuss law compliance practices by city police officers. Criticism against the police force by Pronin for failing to perform their duties; Focus of Pronin's ire on Moscow Administration for Combating organized Crime director Vyacheslav Baranov; Termination of Baranov for the death of submarine officer Aleksandr Pumane while detained in police custody; Names of other police officers terminated by Pronin; Status of the police investigation in Pumane's death.

Reports that Russia's crime boss Vyacheslav Ivankov was deported to Russia from the U.S. Detention of Ivankov in the Matrosskaya Tishina pretrial detention center; Measures taken in the arrival; Charges against Ivankov.

Reports that Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov declared publicly in April 2004 that the tragedy at Transvaal Park was caused by design flaws. Key issues of interest; Analysis of pertinent topics and relevant issues; Implications on disaster management.

Reports on the furor over the dismissal of Nikolai Kulikov as director of the Moscow Chief of Internal Affairs Administration (CIAA) in Russia in January 2000. Internal Affairs Ministry's intention of discussing the personnel changes in the Moscow CIAA with Mayor Yury Luzhkov; Speculation of a reenactment of the case concerning the Prosecutor General's Office.

Presents information on crime in Russia, focusing on the vandalization of the Jewish section of the Vostryakovo Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. Estimated number of graves which were desecrated; Public response to the incident; Valery Khoroshev, cemetery director, views on the incident; Comments from Zinovy Kogan, head of the Russian Congress of Jewish Religious Congregations and Organizations.

Reports on the dismissal of Anatoly Kvashnin as chief of the Russian General Staff. Reason for the dismissal of Kvashnin; Appreciation on the contribution of Kvashnin to the Armed Forces; Award of a decree of the Order for Services to the Fatherland to Kashnin.

The article reprints a press report on a campaign against illegal immigrants from Georgia in Moscow, Russia, in the wake of the standoff between the two countries over the arrest of four Russian spies in Georgia. Borough police stations in Moscow asked schools to furnish them with lists of pupils with Georgian surnames. Lyubov Kezina of the Moscow Education Department explained that the checks are focused, not on Georgian children, but on parents who are illegal immigrants.