| World Briefing | Europe: Russian Court Seeks to Ban Pussy Riot’s Videos |
A Moscow court ruled that videos of performances by the punk group were extremist, falling under a law intended to rein in hate speech.
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| Napoleon's secret coded Kremlin letter on sale |
 The single line of Napoleon's secret code told Paris of his desperate, last order against the Russians: "At three o'clock in the morning, on the 22nd I am going to blow up the Kremlin."
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| Goal: Preview: Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund |
 A victory over third-place BoRussia Dortmund on Saturday would give Bayern Munich a 14-point lead over the defending champions in Germany's Bundesliga.
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| Court bans video of Pussy Riot's performance |
The video of punk band Pussy Riot's performance in Russia's main cathedral is extremist and must be removed from the web, a Moscow court ruled Thursday.
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| Russian court bans "extremist" Pussy Riot video |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court ruled on Thursday that video footage of the Pussy Riot punk group protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a church was "extremist" and should be removed from websites. The demonstration last February offended many Russian Orthodox Christians. But Putin has been criticized by U.S. and European leaders over what they saw as disproportionate jail sentences imposed on three Pussy Riot members. Their trial was also seen by Putin's critics as part of a clampdown on dissent. ...
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| Russian children find lion cub, take it to school |
Most primary school classes get a goldfish to keep, a hamster or a turtle if they're lucky â€" but children from one village in southern Russia got to play with a lion cub.
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| Russian whistleblower dies in UK under strange circumstances |
A Russian businessman helping Swiss prosecutors uncover a powerful fraud syndicate has died in unexplained circumstances near his mansion in Britain, in a chilling twist to a Russian mafia scandal that has strained Moscow's ties with the West.
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| Russian region pays $2.4 million for Tarkovsky archive |
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Ivanovo region on Wednesday paid 1.5 million pounds ($2.4 million), or 15 times the estimate, for an archive of thousands of letters, photographs and recordings once belonging to leading film director Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky, who was born in the region in 1932, is considered one of Russia's greatest film makers, directing acclaimed movies including "Andrei Rublyev", "Solaris" and "The Mirror". Sotheby's, which auctioned the archive in London, said the sale followed a "dramatic 18-minute bidding battle" that ended up between three bidders. ...
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| DealBook: Shares in Russia's MegaFon Fall After I.P.O. |
The I.P.O. raised $1.7 billion, making it Europe's second largest offering this year, but shareholders seem unimpressed.
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| A Roster's Rebirth: A Year After Plane Crash, Rebuilt Russian Hockey Team Wins Again |
 Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, the Russian hockey team that lost 37 players, coaches and support staff members in an accident last year, has resurrected its roster and is in third place in the K.H.L. Western Conference.
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