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Protection by patent laws isn’t enough for the Russian bosses behind Moscow’s innovation city, or “Innograd”, in Skolkovo.
Unlike many other Russian dissidents, veteran broadcaster Irena Lesnevskaya has never considered emigration and, as editor-in-chief since 2007 of opposition weekly news magazine The New Times, has dared to speak out against Kremlin corruption.
Larisa Petrova sells newspapers and magazines from a kiosk on Pushkin Square in the heart of Moscow.
The wife of new Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has got people talking like no first lady since Raisa Gorbachev.
Led by chess master Garry Kasparov, advised by activist Marina Litvinovich, can the Russian opposition call the Kremlin into check?
On 1 June, the Ritz-Carlton Moscow will open its doors after months of delay.
