Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group have been jailed for up to 22 years each in connection with the killing of a man from Cameroon.
Maxim Petlin heads a prominent political party in a major Russian province straddling the Ural mountains, but he will not be on the ballot for regional parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin started his working visit to India late on Thursday.
Russia's parliament has proposed tightening licensing and merger regulations for the country's insurance industry, which comprises more than 700 companies.
Russia lifts bans on U.S. pork