TODAY: International law society condemns Russia’s treatment of lawyers; Federation wants Georgia’s UN case thrown out; EU and US increasingly wary of growing Russia; Lavrov says peace deals are out of sync; young art collectors being encouraged; Russia discovers a glacial lake. The International Bar Association has spoken out against Russia’s “state-sponsored intimidation of lawyers” after lawyers working for Hermitage Capital had their offices raided. “When government agents interfere with the work of lawyers, it is not only the legal profession that is threatened, but the overall legal order in the state.” The Russian Federation is requesting that the International Court of Justice throw out the case being brought against it by Georgia over human rights violations. A survey carried out in Europe and the US reveals concern over Russia’s increasing power, and the first show of support for Nato as a safeguard of security since 2002. Sergei Lavrov’s temperature is rising over the new EU-Georgian peace deal because, he says, it contradicts the EU-Russian one. Two Russian strategic bombers have landed in Venezuela for training flights. Russia is intensifying rhetoric with Ukraine over the latter’s potential Nato membership. “We will never accept this.”