July 29th, 2010 Today's Editor: Sarah Carr

Uncertainty in Senate over Russian treaty

Senator John Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, put the New START arms control treaty with Russia on his panel’s schedule for next week but then backed off and said he might not call a vote after all…

Woman tries to smuggle arms into Russia

BBC News

Beautician Anna Fermanova, a US citizen born in Latvia, is said to have had the high-tech equipment confiscated at JFK airport as she boarded a plane bound for Moscow…

Court orders YouTube to be blocked

ABC News

A court in Russia has ordered a local Internet provider to block access to five websites including YouTube…

Russia to retain tax incentives

Bloomberg

Russia will retain tax breaks in 2011 for producers developing new oil and gas deposits that require large capital outlays…

Russia to cut GDP deficit by 2013

Business Week

Russia plans to cut its budget deficit to 2.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2013 as it sells state assets and increases taxes…