TODAY: Medvedev oversees missile test; United Russia wins regions across the country; Russia prefers Obama; anti-Russia party wins Lithuanian elections; Deripaska links dog British politician; Einstein. Attending a test firing of two strategic missiles, President Dmitry Medvedev said he would commission a new generation of weapons for Russia’s armed forces. Sunday’s election for Russia’s regional assemblies saw United Russia receiving over 50% of the votes in all major regions. Read a special report detailing the events of the 1993 Communist demonstration in Moscow in which a reported 150 people were killed. The US presidential candidates are now showing ‘a similar resolve’ on plans to deal with Russia, but a senior Russian lawmaker says that Barack Obama would be a better partner for Moscow. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev wants the west to stop trying to ‘teach lessons’ to Russia.