USAToday: Kasparov runs for Russian presidency. "He has been a driving force behind the coalition, which has united liberals, leftists and nationalists in opposition to President Vladimir Putin."

Wikipedia: For every 1,000 Russians there are 16 deaths and just 10.6 births leading to a population decline of about 750,000 to 800,000 a year.

Wired: "Two small Russian submarines completed a risky voyage deep below the North Pole Thursday, planting their country's flag in a titanium capsule on the Arctic Ocean floor to symbolically claim what could be vast energy reserves beneath the seabed."