FOUR KILLED IN MOSCOW EXPLOSION.

A bomb exploded Tuesday evening in a Moscow metro car, killing four people and injuring at least 12. Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov called it a "barbaric" act intended to create chaos and disrupt next Sunday’s presidential and mayoral elections. (BBC, June 11 & 12) In recent years, Moscow has been rife with violence, but politically-motivated random attacks on ordinary people have been rare.

Russia Hides Homeless in Pre-Election Clean-Up.