Russia cuts Belarus out, oil middleman no more;

With siloviki weakened, Khodorkovsky fingers Sechin

Medvedev welcomes Merkel rival...;

...while Berlin takes aim at Moscow's "

nonprofessional spies"

Russian bombers "

attacked"

by NATO;

A new cabinet takes shape

Meet President Medvedev...;

...and Prime Minister Putin

Russian "

aggression"

in the Caucasus;

Russian press freedom ranked near bottom