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23:59 04/03/2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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Notorious gang leader reportedly killed in Russia's North Caucasus
23:35 04/03/2010
A notorious gang leader in Russia's North Caucasus known as Alexander Tikhomirov or Said Buryatsky has been killed in a special operation, law enforcement sources said Thursday
Gazprom confirms Ukraine paid for February gas
20:58 04/03/2010
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom confirmed on Thursday that Ukraine's national oil and gas company had paid in full for gas delivered by Russia in February.
Putin views reopening of Russia-Georgia border as positive sign
20:54 04/03/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the reopening of the only land border crossing between Russia and Georgia was a sign of improving ties between the two countries.
Ukraine's Yanukovych gears up for talks in Moscow
20:05 04/03/2010
Ukraine's new president, Viktor Yanukovych, flies to Russia on Friday to improve ties between the two states damaged under his pro-Western predecessor and soured by a series of disagreements ranging from gas transit to Europe to the future of Russia's Black Sea Fleet base in the Crimean peninsula.
Chechen MP decries fingerprinting plan as human rights violation
19:48 04/03/2010
A Chechen lawmaker on Thursday slammed the idea of fingerprinting all North Caucasus residents as a violation of their human and civil rights.
Russia carries out successful test of Sineva ICBM
17:06 04/03/2010
Russia successfully test-launched a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea on Thursday, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
EU rejects view of South Stream, Nabucco gas pipelines as rivals
17:06 04/03/2010
The European Commission does not view Russia-backed South Stream and Western Nabucco gas pipeline projects as rivals, European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Gettinger said on Thursday.
Moscow urges Strasbourg to drop Yukos' $100 bln claim against it
16:03 04/03/2010
The European Court of Human Rights should not consider a $98-billion claim from the now defunct oil giant Yukos against Russia because it was improperly filed, a Russian government official said Thursday.
Internet is examination for human race - Patriarch Kirill
15:53 04/03/2010
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sees the Internet as an examination for the human race as not only has the web become a laboratory forming an individual but also constitutes a threat of destruction.
Medvedev demands harsh response to hampering businesses
14:36 04/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday all attempts by Russian officials to hamper businesses for personal profit should be met with crushing response.
Medvedev calls unemployment Russia's main social challenge
14:20 04/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday unemployment was the country's key social issue and urged prosecutors to enforce employment laws and the implementation of job creation programs.
Over $30 bln pumped into Russian banking system during crisis
13:18 04/03/2010
The Russian government has injected about 1 trillion rubles ($33 billion) into domestic banks in the 15 months since the global financial crisis hit the country in 2008, a government official said on Thursday.
Russia, India to sign $4 billion military technical cooperation contracts
11:45 04/03/2010
Russia and India are expected to sign three contracts in military technical cooperation totaling $4 billion, including retrofitting the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to India, Vedomosti Russian daily reported.
NATO plans military exercises near Russian border
11:25 04/03/2010
NATO has announced it will hold military exercises involving fighter planes over the Baltic Sea this month, the first in a series of military drills to be held this year near the Russian border.
Russia 'yet to receive Western proposals on Iran sanctions'
09:52 04/03/2010
The Russian mission to the UN has received no proposals from Western states concerning new sanctions against Iran, a source in the Russian delegation told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
Siberian mayor says no to WWII veterans' calls for Stalin monument
09:42 04/03/2010
There will be no monument to Joseph Stalin in Irkutsk, despite demands from World War II veterans to honor the Soviet dictator, the mayor of the East Siberian city said.
Russian emigrant arrested for illegally transmitting $172 million in U.S.
06:21 04/03/2010
Police in the U.S. state of Oregon have arrested a Russian emigrant on charges of moving more than $172 million into the United States and out to more than 50 countries via shell companies.
Hiddink does not 'bid farewell' to Russia
04:42 04/03/2010
Russia's head football coach Guus Hiddink, who is quitting Russia for Turkey, has said he may come back.
Cooperation with Russia should become NATO's top priority — report
03:44 04/03/2010
Closer cooperation with Russia should become a major foreign policy priority for NATO, but better relations with Moscow cannot come at the expense of the security of eastern European alliance members, an influential U.S. foreign policy research center has said.

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