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 Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 2 July: The Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house will be launching its own radio station.

The following is a selection of quotes from articles published in the 4 October editions of Russian newspapers, as available to the BBC at 2300 gmt on 3 October.

The following is a selection of quotes from articles published in the 16 August editions of Russian newspapers, as available to the BBC at 2300 gmt on 15 August.

Ukraine refutes report that it buries nuclear waste near Russian border KIEV, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk on Tuesday refuted a media report that Ukraine had allegedly buried chemical and nuclear waste near its border with Russia.