Cheney praises Georgia, the end of the Soviet Union;

Russia considers playing Iran card

Medvedev lays out "

guiding principles"

of foreign policy;

Revising history in Russian textbooks

SCO fails to endorse Russian position on Georgia...;

...but Venezuela gladly backs its new ally in Moscow

Russian business climate sours, market tanks;

Tensions rise in the Black Sea

Khodorkovsky denied early parole;

Russia rethinks the WTO