Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russian: Российская газета, lit. Russian Newspaper) is a Russian government daily newspaper of record which publishes the official decrees, statements and documents of state bodies. This includes the promulgation of newly approved laws.

It was founded by a decree of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR and its first issue appeared on 11 November 1990.

Its role is determined by the Law of the Russian Federation N 5-FZ, dated 14 June 1994 and entitled "On the Procedure of Publication and Enactment of Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws and Acts of the Houses of the Federal Assembly", by the Decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, dated 23 May 1996 № 763, "On the Procedure of Publication and Enactment of the Acts of the President of the Russian Federation, of the Government of Russia, and Statutory Legal Acts of the Federal Executive Authorities", as well as that dated 13 August 1998 № 963, "On Adoption of Amendments to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 23 May 1996 № 763, "On the Procedure of Publication and Enactment of the Acts of the President of the Russian Federation, of the Government of the Russian Federation, and Statutory Legal Acts of the Federal Executive Authorities".

Gagik Kolyai Tsarukyan (Armenian: Գագիկ Ծառուկյան),, is an Armenian politician and a businessman. He is seen as the most influential of Armenia's government-connected "oligarchs" and key business partner of Kocharyan owning over a dozen big businesses and living in a very large villa on a hilltop overlooking the northern outskirts of Yerevan.

Tsarukyan is the founder and current leader of Prosperous Armenia Party and also the president of Armenia's National Olympic Committee (was reelected on December 4, 2008).

Tsarukyan graduated from Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture in 1989, had achievements in sports, was engaged in boxing, wrestling and arm wrestling. In 1996 Gagik Tsarukyan was given a title of world champion in arm-wrestling, and in 1998 champion of Europe.

Since 1989 Tsarukyan has been engaged in entrepreneurship. In 1995 he founded and presided "Multi Group" concern which now includes more than 30 enterprises: "Kotayk" beer factory in Abovyan, Yerevan Chemical Pharmaceutical Company, "Mek" Network of Furniture Stores, Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory, etc. Tsarukyan is accused of depriving ownership rights of foreign investors in Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory. Currently there are several court hearings pending. The largest one is launched from a German investment firm that accuses Tsarukyan of having illegally taken their stake. See Ownership of NOY in question

Zahar Prilepin (Russian: Захар Прилепин, real name Yevgenii Nikolaevich Prilepin, Russian: Евгений Николаевич Прилепин; born July 7, 1975 in Ryazan Oblast) is a Russian writer, political dissident, and a member of Russia's unregistered National Bolshevik Party since 1996.

After completing his philology studies he worked initially as a packer, a security guard and a journalist before joining a special military unit. As a captain he took part in anti-terror deployments in Chechnya in 1996 and 1999. Having participated in two writing seminars in 2004 (with Roman Senchin and Leonid Yuzefovich amongst others) he became an author.

In 2008 he won the Russian National Bestseller Award for his book "Sin" (Russian: «Грех»).

In 2009 he was awarded with a Silver medal of the Bunin Prize for his book "TerraTartarara: It concerns Me Personally" (2009) (Russian: «TerraTartarara: Это касается лично меня»).

Prilepin was one of the organizers of the Dissenters March in Nizhny Novgorod. He is also one of the 34 first signatories of the online anti-Putin manifesto "Putin must go", published on 10 March 2010.

Oleg Kashin (Russian: Олег Владимирович Кашин; b. June 17, 1980, in Kaliningrad, Soviet Union) is a former seaman and a prominent Russian journalist.

Kashin graduated from the Baltic State Fishing Fleet Academy with a degree in sea navigation in 2001. While studying, he wrote for Komsomolskaya Pravda in Kaliningrad where he expressed rather sharp views. He continued to work for that newspaper up to 2003, specializing on exclusive interviews and special reports, then moved to Moscow and started working as a journalist for Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moscow. After a while he left the newspaper, became a staff writer at Kommersant and became the leading Russian journalist covering youth political movements, ranging broadly from NBP to Nashi. He left Kommersant in June 2005, dissatisfied with the dismissal of the director-general Andrei Vassiliev. After leaving Kommersant, he worked for various media including Russian Magazine, Big City, Limonka, Izvestia, Your Day, Globalrus, Re:action, Expert and Vzglyad in Moscow.

Ilya Vladimirovich Tsymbalar (born 17 June 1969 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Ukrainian and Russian association footballer who played midfielder and coach.

At club level, Tsymbalar has played for Dinamo Odessa (1987), SKA Odessa (1987–89), FC Chornomorets Odessa (1986, 1989–93), Spartak Moscow (1993–99), Lokomotiv Moscow (2000), Anzhi Makhachkala (2001–2002). Tsymbalar was named Russian Footballer of the Year in 1995. He retired after the 2002 season with Anzhi Makhachkala.

For Russia, Tsymbalar has been capped 28 times, scoring 4 goals. He played for the country at the 1994 World Cup and Euro 96, where he scored a goal against Italy at Anfield. Beforehand, in 1992, he had played in three international matches for the newly formed Ukraine national team.

After retiring, Tsymbalar became vice-president of Anzhi Makhachkala, before turning to coaching by taking over Spartak’s reserve team, moving on to the coaching team of FC Khimki. In 2006 he became head-coach of FC Spartak-MZhK Ryazan, whom he led to promotion to the Russian First Division. In February 2008, he was named as head coach of FC Nizhny Novgorod. In January 2009 he resigned from the club. On 22 December 2009 he was appointed an assistant of new Shinnik Yaroslavl coach and Tsymbalar's former teammate Igor Lediakhov.