Former Russian Premier Yegor Gaidar was being treated in a Moscow hospital today several days after falling violently ill at a conference in Ireland, his daughter said.

Poisoned former spy Alexander Litvinenko’s deathbed message accused Russian President Vladimir Putin, but pro-Kremlin MPs and state-controlled television networks today pointed the finger of blame at a prominent Putin enemy in Britain - tycoon Boris Berezovsky.

Police were investigating multiple theories today following the murder of a former top Russian spy and his wife, who were gunned down in Moscow.

Russian investigators today found the black box flight recorders from a helicopter crash that killed governor Alexander Lebed and seven others.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today made his most sweeping Cabinet changes since his election a year ago, naming his Security Council chief as the new defence minister.