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The article reports on the statement of the press service of the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry's Economic Security Department (ESD) concerning the exposure of a criminal organization which had operated in money laundering, funds illegal converting to cash and foreign currency abroad illegal transferring. The said ESD told that the organization controlled more than eight banks in Moscow, Russia and possessed ethnic and financial links with Georgian Diaspora members.

The article presents a condensation of a press report on an anti-Georgian campaign in Russia in the wake of Georgian authorities' arrest and turnover of Russian officials suspected of being spies. Inspections and closures of Georgian-owned commercial establishments were carried out in Moscow and Moscow Province, purportedly acting on verbal directives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Georgian trawlers were seized for poaching, and demonstrators protested at the Georgian embassy.

Reports the terror in the Falloi market in Vladikavkaz, Russia. Explosion of a bomb at the Central Market; Aggression of terrorist; Investigation by the Federal Security Services.

An excerpt from the article "Boris Kuznetsov Won’t Return Home," by Yury Senatorov in the July 14, 2007 issue of the "Kommersant" is presented, regarding Kuznetsov’s plan to seek political asylum in some country in the European Union.

The article reports that the investigative office of the internal affairs administration of Moscow, Russia's Western Administrative District dropped criminal proceedings against Aleksandr Ivanov, the son of Russia's minister of defense. Ivanov hit and killed pensioner Svetlana Beridze with his car. Criminal proceedings were initiated under the violating traffic and vehicle operation rules in such a way as to cause death through negligence. However, the court ruled that no crime had been committed.

Reports on the criminal proceedings instituted against Guards Taman Motorized Infantry Division company commander Dmitry Gasilin for the beating of an entire platoon in Russia. Collective complaint against officer; Initial testimony on unlawful actions.

Reports the explosion of an MI-8 helicopter in Chechnya. Death of Russian deputy minister of internal affairs, Mikhail Rudchenko and chief commander, Nikolai Goridov; Participation of the governors in the meeting with the head of Chenchen government; Theories on the cause of the accident.

Reports that the Russian Federal Center for Forensic Medicine has concluded a preliminary examination to identify the remains of a hostage found in Chechnia, Russia. Lack of conclusive evidence that the body found was that of General Gennady Shpigun, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs' representative in Chechnia.

Presents excerpts from an article which appeared on the April 28, 1999 issue of the newspaper `Kommersant' reporting the motive of the bombing in the 20th floor of the Intourist Hotel in Moscow, Russia.

Reports that the Russian Chief Military Prosecutor's Office has instituted criminal proceedings in connection with the alleged abuses in the Central Administration on December 8, 1998. Charges against Lieutenant General Pavel Gorupai, director of the Central Administration for Propellants and Fuel, and Major General Konstantin Kulagin, his deputy; Basis for the prosecutor's action.

States that anthropologist and the Russian Prosecutor General Office are working together to decide what should be done with the remains of Nicholas II and his family. Detailed information on this issue.

Reports on Gennady Zyuganov's reaffirmation of his status as leader of the Russian Communist Party as demonstrated in a plenary session held on October 18, 1997. Zyuganov's call for party to increase nationwide mass pressure on President Boris Yeltsin's government; Implications of a no confidence vote by the Duma.