Text of report by heavyweight liberal Russian newspaper Kommersant on 18 July [Report by Olga Goncharova, Anna Pushkarskaya and Yelena Kiseleva, headlined "Yuriy Kovalchuk gets hold of 'Zhizn'"] Yuriy Kovalchuk's holding company, National Media Group (NMG), has acquired a stake in the News Media publishing house, publisher of the "Zhizn za vsyu nedelyu" tabloid.

Text of report by Gazprom-owned Russian newspaper Izvestiya on 12 May [Unattributed interviews with Valeriy Fadeyev, chief editor of the Ekspert magazine and co-chairman of the 4 November Club, and Robert Shlegel, State Duma deputy and chairman of the Information Policy Committee: "To unite, you have to split.

The following is a selection of quotes from articles published in the 6 August editions of Russian newspapers, as available to the BBC at 2300 gmt on 5 August 2007: Gazprom's dispute with Belarus Gazeta (general daily) - "Gas is getting into the eyes again.

The following are highlights from the Odessa-based Odesskiye Izvestiya newspaper and Izmayil's Kuryer Nedeli, Uyezdnyy Telegraf and Sobesednik Izmaila for the period of 30 June-4 July 2007: Political Odesskiye Izvestiya reports of the EU Council's Black Sea international conference held in Odessa.

The following are highlights from the Odessa-based