Kremlin plans for professional military now on ice;

New traction for Bush-era defense tech pact

United Russia takes sides in the "

tandem"

New anti-bribery bill ratchets up costs of corruption

Skype, Gmail get a reprieve... for now;

Clipping Sechin's (and Putin's) wings

Russian demography's downward spiral;

Medvedev targets Putin loyalists

Western banks abandon Russia;

Microsoft plants a flag at Skolkovo