TODAY: All eyes on British PM’s visit to Russia; Kremlin proposes new flight safety measures; Medvedev’s Yaroslavl speech disappoints; Yabloko founder to return for Duma elections; Kremlin criticises Kadyrov.

The Kremlin is trying to dumb down anticipations that today’s meetings between UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Russia’s ruling tandem will lead to a new leaf in troubled relations, apparently because things are fine as they are: ‘No one is expecting any breakthroughs, and in fact they are not needed […] We will continue to work the way that we have been working in the past.’  Exiled businessman Boris Berezovsky says that the meeting is a ‘historical mistake’, referring to Putin as a ‘gangster’.  The exchange will be followed by ‘peace-making loans’ of British art by Antony Gormley and Willliam Blake, which The Guardian is calling ‘a remarkable thaw in cultural diplomatic relations’.  Amid mounting international pressure on Cameron to enforce a travel ban on officials linked to the death of Sergei Magnitsky, Denis MacShane wonders whether the British PM will even mention the case during his visit.  Andrei Lugovoi, meanwhile, suspected of killing Alexander Litvinenko in 2006, has challenged Cameron to meet with him.  Mikhail Khodorkovsky has spoken to the Telegraph about his hopes for the visit.  The Russian embassy in London has been the victim of a suspected hacking attack.