TODAY: First meeting of the Russia-US Civil Society Working Group; Khodorkovsky on corruption. Senior police says Politkovskaya killers will be brought to justice; rights official condemns Rechnik methods. Rosoboronexport defends right to sell to Iran; fighter jet test flight a success; Georgia proposes reintegration plan. Baikal plant reopened but what of the environment? Goodbye Lenin

An agreement on joint efforts to monitor corruption in Russia and the U.S. was reached between Russian negotiators and Transparency International during the first meeting of the ‘reset’-inspired Civil Society Working Group.  RFE/RL has an interview with the US co-chair Michael McFaul, who is apparently aware of the irony of Vladislav Surkov being co-chair on a panel about  right and transparency.  In a piece in the International Herald Tribune, Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky singles out ‘corruption’ as Russia’s second biggest export after hydrocarbons.  According to the Moscow Times, a senior police investigator has insisted that the suspects acquitted in the slaying of journalist Anna Politkovskaya were guilty and will be charged.  The Interior Ministry has apparently uncovered a criminal group who have been bribing journalists for stories.  Human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has weighed in on the Rechnik demolition debate, saying that the methods used are ‘completely unacceptable’.  Moscow mayor Luzkhov is still showing no mercy.