Russian Athletics News. Oksana Zbrozhek won the women's 800m at the Athletissima 2009 meeting held in Lausanne. She clocked 2.01,24

Russian Athletics News. Soslan Tsirikhov won the men's shot put at the 25th Universiade in Belgrade. He achieved 19.59 and beat Jun Zhang of China by 1cm. Krzysztof Krzywosz of Poland was third - 19,38

Russian Athletics News. Irina Kryachkova placed second in the women's long jump at the 25th Universiade in Belgrade. She jumped on 6.47m

Russian Athletics News. Sergey Bakulin won the men's 20kmRW at the 25th Universiade in Belgrade set a Universiade record of 1:20.52

Garry Kasparov speaks with Theotherrussia.org about participating in US President Barack Obama's meeting with Russian opposition figures.

Theotherrussia.org provides a full transcript of United Civil Front Chairman Garry Kasparov's statement to US President Barack Obama, plus a post-meeting interview.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov revealed Wednesday that the number of crimes committed by Russia officers had grown by a third over the past year.