On Friday, Russia tightened its control of the Internet, with a new decree that requires people using public Wi-Fi hotspots to provide their passport details for identification. The move has triggered protests from bloggers, and has also led to confusion among telecom operators on how the new regulation would be implemented.

As per reports, it has been revealed that the conflict in Syria is raising concerns among international leaders. Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan had talks in Istanbul and have decided to come up with ways by which the conflict can be resolved.

Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Yoshihiko Noda has postponed his visit to Moscow because Mr. Vladimir Putin was feeling unwell, quoted reports from Japan on Friday but is that the real reason as Mr. Putin's spokesman Mr. Dmitry Peskov has denied that Mr. Putin was ill.