TODAY: Man charged in Politkovskaya murder case; Lavrov accuses West of blackmail; NGO bill could affect business groups; wiretapping on the rise; both sides looking to sell at TNK-BP; private banks face hikes; Poland suspicious of Russian investment.

A former police officer is to be charged in connection with the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, for following her in the days before her death and providing a murder weapon.  Rights groups are frustrated by the latest charges: ‘Even if Mr Pavlyuchenkov did organise the killing, it’s very unlikely he was the one who ordered it.’  Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accuses the West of ‘blackmailing’ Russia over Syria, ahead of Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Kofi Annan this afternoon.