TODAY: Opposition protests in St Petersburg and Moscow; planned road will run through UNESCO site; mobile phone user data leaked; U.S. unimpressed by Russia’s blacklist, Republican slams ‘reset’; Georgian demands are ‘impossible’ says Medvedev aide.

20 people have been detained for taking part in an unsanctioned Moscow rally protesting the upcoming elections.  ‘What is the point of pretending this is an election? It’s a charade. Don’t interfere with it, just don’t pay respect to the charade,’ says Garry Kasparov.  Opposition activists have rallied in St Petersburg to show support for Mikhail Khodorkovsky.  Russia’s plans to construct a paved road to improve access to an elite ski resort through the Shaposhnikov State Caucasus Nature Biosphere Preserve – which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site – have environmentalists up in arms.  A database containing the full names, telephone numbers and other personal data of 1.6 million mobile users was leaked online this week; in its defense, MTS insists that most of the information is out of date, and blamed law enforcement agencies.