http://www.uk.oneworld.net/article/country/643/ en_GB_uk Russian Federation http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83671 Scientists report that the rising temperature of Lake Baikal, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming. From: Terra Daily http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83584 "After eight years of Putin, the country has a rubber-stamp parliament dominated by a single party, whose only stated policy is loyalty to the Kremlin," writes Fred Weir in Moscow. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83563 The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing). http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160163/1/ Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead is a son’s documentary about his dad. But what a dad! http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82799 Although he owes his advancement to Vladimir Putin, Dmitri Medvedev may prove a surprisingly liberal president of Russia, says Andreas Umland. From Prospect http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82704 Energy is the key to Europe's new relationship with Russia - and supposedly Moscow's weapon of choice in its plan for European domination. Yet this new Cold War is not inevitable, says Misha Glenny. From: New Statesman http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82563 Key members of a smuggling ring trading tiger skins and bear parts into China will face trial in March after a six-month operation in the Russian far east. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82290 Russia's application for a caviar export quota makes nonsense of a commercial caviar harvesting ban intended to help the recovery of the decimated sturgeon populations of the Caspian Sea basin, WWF Russia has claimed. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82235 Ten journalists and two human rights defenders were arrested this Saturday during a violent protest against government repression and corruption in Ingushetia, an autonomous Russian republic bordering Chechnya. From: Human Rights Watch http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81971 Global retail giant Wal-Mart is selling products made from illegally logged timber – in turn threatening the habitat of the highly endangered Siberian tiger, according to new evidence from an environmental activism group. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81913 One of many projects launched as part of the 2008 International Year of Sanitation is a wastewater treatment project that reduces the amount of raw sewage flowing into the Russian Volga River basin. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81890 David Young outlines the diplomatic wranglings the U.S. and E.U. will have to engage in during the next three months before they "give Kosovo the green light to unilaterally declare its independence." http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81594 In past years, the HIV epidemic has ravaged the populations of many former Soviet nations, the majority of victims claimed by needle sharing and drug use. Thanks to new programs such as needle exchange and harm reduction, these countries are taking big steps in the fight against HIV/AIDS. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81444 Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence. From: UNFPA http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81401 A year on, Ivar Amundsen remembers his friend Alexander Litvinenko and reflects on the ruthlessness of Putin's Russia. From The New Statesman