* Russian prosecutors launch new attack on former Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his defense team
* Lithuanian authorities to decide fate of Russian crashed pilot after NATO experts rule whether the incident was intentional
* Foreign attorney of Mikhail Khodorkovsky ordered to leave Russia but Foreign Ministry denies involvement
* President Vladimir Putin lashes out at corruption of power bodies and inefficiency of law enforcement agencies in southern Russia
* News of Hurricane Rita losing strength sends the dollar up on Russian market
* Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin says transparency and international accounting standards will bring oil market stability
* Forty-three people injured in blast in Belarusian club
* Tycoon Roman Abramovich agrees to another term as governor of Russia's far eastern Chukotka region.
* Russian tennis team takes the lead over Croatia in the Davis Cup semifinals
