The Governor of Kaliningrad, Georgy Boos, is having a hard time scheduling his promised meeting with opposition leaders in the region, says The Other Russia.  Is a new opposition movement brewing in Khanty-Mansisk over President Dmitry Medvedev’s plans to replace a popular leader?  ‘Russian gay and lesbian organizations have filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against the Moscow city authorities for rejecting their requests for marches and rallies.‘ The Moscow Times says that US-Russia relations are suffering due to ‘the fundamental differences between the strategic perspectives of Moscow and Washington. Neither side wants to acknowledge these differences since it would involve each recognizing the limits of their respective powers.‘  Russia and Cuba have warmed relations to ‘a truly strategic association‘, according to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whilst his Cuban counterpart praised ‘five decades of brotherhood‘.  The Economist praises Russia’s decision to mark the 1940 Katyn massacre.