Six men have been found dead, with their bodies abandoned in cars near to the Caucasus Mountains in southern Russia.
A trainee lawyer from Siberia has won the title of “longest legs in Russia”, measuring 42″ (106cm) from ankle to hip.
At least 14 people have been killed and more than 20 injured in a second suicide bombing in the Russian city of Volgograd in two days.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned and freed the former head of oil giant Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Barrack Obama has chosen two openly gay sportswomen as part of its team of Sochi Olympic delegates as a statement on equality, and the current repression of homosexuality in Russia.