Russian Athletics News. Natalya Popkova won the women's 10.000m at the European U23 Championships in Kaunas, and Natalya Puchkova was fourth

Russian Athletics News. Yelena Shumkina won the women's 20kmRW at the European U23 Athletics Championships in Kaunas. Tatyana Shemyakina finished third

Russian Athletics News. Valeriy Kokoyev won the men's Shot put at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania. He achieved 20,20m

Russian Athletics News. Irina Tarasova took the silver medal in the women's shot put at the European U23 Championships in Kaunas

Russian Athletics News. Russian athletes occupied the podium of the women's 400m at the European U23 Championships in Kaunas

Russian Athletics News. The President of Russia Dmitriy Medvedev personally congratulated the Russian Student team which placed first at the medal table of the 25th Universiade in Belgrade

Russian Athletics News. Pavel Karavayev and Vera Karmishina took silver medals in their events at the European U23 Championships in Kaunas

Economic expert Vladimir Inozemtsev argues that Russia cannot modernize without a renewed infrastructure, which is being limited by corruption and an inept government. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.