Chairman of the Russian PARNAS party, Mikhail Kasyanov, cancelled a meeting with residents of Nizhny Novgorod due to threats against him and his associates, according to the party’s website.

“I don't want to encourage our supporters to have physical confrontations, and without the protection of our rights against tyranny, it is impossible, because on their side they have the state machine, money, TV and the courts,” Kasyanov stated.

The day before, several young men tried to disrupt Kasyanov’ …

Interpol has rejected Russia’s request to place Russian oppositionist and the former Head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, on the international wanted list.  This was stated by the headquarters of Interpol in Lyon, as reported by the TASS news agency.

"After considering the request, the Interpol General Secretariat has determined that it does not meet the rules of the organization.  In this case, the National Central Bureau of Interpol (NCB) in Moscow was notified that Interpol cannot cooperate …

Russian exporters of cold-rolled steel products will have to pay a 26.2% fee to the European Union (EU) countries.  The EU authorities imposed these anti-dumping duties for six months.  For Severstal, the largest steel company in Russia, and for Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), the third largest steel company in Russia, the fee will be slightly less.

The authorities of the EU have also imposed these provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of cold-rolled steel from China for six …