Moscow

(Newser) - Moscow’s top medical school is urging 2,000 foreign students to stay indoors for the next three days, citing an annual surge in attacks by skinheads around Aprll 20—Hitler’s birthday. The lockdown of non-native students is a preventative effort in response to a rise in xenophobic violence...

(Newser) - Livid over U.S. plans for a missile defense system in its backyard, Russia is mounting a cold-war-style response. The Kremlin admonished that the military installations planned for Poland and the Czech Republic would threaten "the world's strategic stability," and promised a suitable counter-measure, reports the Guardian. Responses...