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Main news of March 3

23:59 03/03/2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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Hiddink ends time as Russia coach with draw against Hungary
23:44 03/03/2010
Russia's head football coach Guus Hiddink on Wednesday ended his final match at an away friendly game against Hungary in the city of Gyor with a 1-1 draw.
Russia's Putin to visit Venezuela in March — Chavez
23:05 03/03/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is to visit Venezuela in March, President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday at a cabinet meeting
Medvedev to meet with Swedish premier in Moscow March 9
20:19 03/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on March 9 in Moscow, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
Child rapist receives suspended sentence in Russian court
19:51 03/03/2010
A child rapist in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg on Wednesday received a 6-year suspended sentence for the multiple sexual molestation of a small girl and was immediately released in court.
Russian government approves tycoon Prokhorov's hybrid car project
18:20 03/03/2010
Russia's government has approved a project to produce hybrid cars running both on conventional gasoline- as well as liquified natural gas-engines, Russian billionaire and project author Mikhail Prokhorov said on Wednesday.
Russian rights activists to rally in Moscow for police reform
18:01 03/03/2010
Russian human rights activists have been granted permission to hold a central Moscow rally for radical police reform on March 6, a leading activist said on Wednesday.
Russian Olympic Committee President Leonid Tyagachev resigns
17:29 03/03/2010
Russian Olympic Committee President Leonid Tyagachev resigned on Wednesday, two days after President Dmitry Medvedev said sports officials should quit over the country’s poor showing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Yabloko activists detained after election protest in Moscow
16:20 03/03/2010
Several members of the Russian liberal opposition party Yabloko were detained on Wednesday after attempting to stage a protest in front of the Central Election Commission building in central Moscow, police said.
Russia reaffirms commitment to destroy chemical weapons by 2012
16:20 03/03/2010
Russia will complete the construction of chemical weapon destruction plants in 2011 and will destroy all chemical weapons stockpiles by 2012, a government official said on Wednesday
Savings accounts become unpopular among Russians - survey
16:18 03/03/2010
The number of Russians who have savings accounts has decreased to 24% from 31% in the past four months with fewer people saving money in rubles, an opinion poll carried out by the Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) showed.
Russian children rights groups join forces to stem abuse
15:00 03/03/2010
Russian children's rights groups have formed a coalition to stem the growing tide of violence against minors in the country, the Russian Public Chamber said on Wednesday.
Russia holds Black Sea drills 'under NATO's watchful eye'
14:52 03/03/2010
The Russian Black Sea Fleet practiced an amphibious landing of troops on the coast of Abkhazia as a nearby NATO vessel observed, a Russian Navy source said on Wednesday.
Russian pawnshops outpace banks in lending money to people
14:42 03/03/2010
Russian pawnshops increased lending to individuals by 18% in 2009 as banks were unwilling to extend loans to citizens over the high risk of defaults, a respected business daily reported on Wednesday.
Georgian opposition leader Burdzhanadze visits Moscow
14:12 03/03/2010
Nino Burdzhanadze, a leading Georgian opposition figure, has flown to Moscow to seek to improve ties broken off after the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, a Georgian news agency reported on Wednesday.
Russian drug chief slams foreign forces over Afghan drug traffic
13:20 03/03/2010
International forces in Afghanistan have failed to tackle drug trafficking during their nine-year military presence, Russia's chief anti-narcotics official said on Wednesday, reflecting Moscow's concern.
Kazakhstan says Russian Proton launches to continue for now
13:03 03/03/2010
Kazakhstan has no objection to launches of Russia's Proton carrier rockets from its territory while a new environmentally-friendly launch pad is being put into operation, the head of the Kazakh space agency said on Wednesday.
Siberian drug addict cuts off deaf, mute girl's head for earrings
12:40 03/03/2010
A drug user in the east Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk murdered and then beheaded a deaf and mute girl to steal $100 and three gold earrings from her, Russian media said on Wednesday.
Russia faces long road to recovery but no 2nd crisis - banker
12:20 03/03/2010
A second wave of economic crisis is unlikely in Russia but the country is braced for a long period of recovery after the global financial meltdown, a senior Central Bank official said on Wednesday.
Brutal Russian legal system will bring down state - Khodorkovsky
12:09 03/03/2010
Violence and corruption in Russia's legal system could ultimately spell the end for the Russian state as it is today, the jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in a newspaper article published on Wednesday.

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