The U.S. and Russia have discussed taking steps to work on the latter’s WTO bid more intensely.  ‘Another insurmountable obstacle to the proposed NATO-Russian joint missile defense shield is the incompatibility of their radar and interceptor components.‘  The government’s release of new documents pertaining to the Katyn massacre ‘is painful territory, especially for the younger generation in pro-Kremlin groups such as Nashi who have been raised to express unquestioning patriotism towards the war victory,‘ says The Times.  The BBC reviews some of the documents in question.  Meanwhile Tambov is to have its very own Stalin bust, courtesy of the North Ossetian Communist Party.  A U.S. government panel has included Russia on its ‘watch list‘ of countries that violate religious freedom, says the Washington Post.