Mikhail Kasyanov, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Ryzhkov and Vladimir Milov, all former members of the Kremlin, are asking the Justice Ministry to register their Party of People’s Freedom and allow it to run in the December State Duma elections. The group have notified the OSCE of their application in an attempt to garner broad support.  Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin is appealing for middle-class support for his All-Russian People’s Front.  The helicopter that crashed in the Altai region in 2009 was found among dead endangered sheep and hunting equipment, but three of the former officials on board have been cleared of hunting charges.  WWF experts say the ruling ‘could encourage other poachers‘, and Altai-based activists and cultural figures are condemning the decision: ‘If ordinary people were in the defendants’ place, they would have been found guilty.‘  Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been in talks with representatives of the Libyan opposition, and says that talks with all sides of the political debate need to be engaged in order to bring an end to the conflict.  Russia has apparently criticized Georgian authorities for violating citizens’ right to freedom of assembly.  A fifth of all cash for military contracts is stolen?  The Khimki Forest activists are continuing their campaign, with a reported 250-strong gathering on Sunday.