TODAY: FSB plotting new surveillance; EU court throws out Katyn case; Netherlands files lawsuit; Belarus wants compensation from Uralkali; Putin and Singh sign agreements; gay parenting bill withdrawn, for now; gay rights protesters try new Olympics angle.

The FSB has drafted plans to implement heavier electronic surveillance by forcing Internet providers to store web traffic for at least 12 hours.  The new directive ‘appears to violate Article 24 of the Russian constitution, which says personal information cannot be collected and stored without a citizen’s permission’.  Much to Poland’s dismay, the European Court of Human Rights threw out a case condemning Russia’s investigation of the 1940 Katyn massacre of Polish war prisoners yesterday. The court ruled that it has ‘no competence’ to examine the case, as the massacre occurred before the convention was adopted.  The Netherlands has filed a lawsuit in an international maritime court in a bid to force the release of the 30 Greenpeace activists currently being held in Murmansk.  A ruling is hoped for within one month.  Speaking to the BBC, Pavel Khodorkovsky expressed optimism that his father, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, will be released from prison next August.