TODAY: Russia’s military “poorly equipped”; scientists focus on nanotechnology; Russian mafia arrested in Spain; OSCE makes veiled accusations about Russian elections. Military officials openly hype the notion of a resurgent Russian power, but in reality, says one Russian journalist, “the Russian military remains underfunded and poorly equipped.” Scientists across Russia are turning to new inventions in order to net some of the billions of state dollars being poured into the field of nanotechnology. Police have reportedly arrested 20 members of the Russian mafia in Spain. The barriers to Russian tourism are lifting and numbers of Russian tourists have almost quadrupled in the last decade. The head of the Russian region of Tatarstan has called for the removal of the president’s right to name governors and a return to the election of regional leaders.