On Tuesday July 7th, US President Barack Obama met with representatives of the Russian opposition in Moscow, discussing Mikhail Khodorkovsky, freedom of speech, and the US missile defense shield.

Theotherrussia.org provides translated excerpts from the Russian media coverage of US President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow.

The editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper in the city of Arzamas, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Moscow, has been arrested under suspicion of extorting a local gypsum factory into subscribing to his newspaper. Colleagues at the paper called

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday visited the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk, where he inspected construction of Russia’s new state-of-the-art nuclear submarines.

Head of the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk in last week’s meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev admitted that his company had made several blunders in the reconstruction process of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.

By tradition, the Sakhalin Area Mission awarded over 10 prizes for "will to win".VLADIVOSTOK, July 3, vladivostoktimes.com The Sakhalin Area Mission on Hokkaido gave prizes to the participants of the All-Japan Russian Language Contest. VIII All-Japan Russian Language Contest at

The vessel took part in two circumnavigations and has many achievements. VLADIVOSTOK, July 4, vladivostoktimes.com The sailing vessel "Pallada" celebrates its 20th anniversary on July 4. The crew meets its anniversary at sea, now the vessel on its way to

Over 400 school-leavers applied for admission to FESU on July 2 morning.

A modern vessel "Eastern Dream" can take on board over 100 containers, 70 cars and 500 people. VLADIVOSTOK, July 4, vladivostoktimes.com Long-expected launch of a new ferry line on route Vladivostok - Donghee (South Korea) - Sakaiminato (Japan) is to

The guests and residents of Vladivostok had a chance to enjoy the rock groups' concert for some hours. VLADIVOSTOK, July 6, vladivostoktimes.com The festive events including the rock concert of local groups was held on July 4 in the Vladivostok