Zenit fans celebrate the sweetest victory in 11 years.
A 1-0 win against Saturn-1991 put the 1984 Soviet champs into next season's
High League. See story.
St Petersburg sailors have been stranded in foreign ports
on impounded vessels -- hungry and penniless -- while their employer considers
selling the ships in question to cover massive debts.
Two major Russian political parties, one conservative, one reformist, had their election hopes dashed over the weekend when the Central Electoral Commission barred them from the election for procedural violations.
One of Russia's leading democratic blocs is appealing
this week against the Central Electoral Commission's (CEC) refusal to register
it for the State Duma election.