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Main news of March 17

23:59 17/03/2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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More than 900 WWII artillery shells found in Moscow
23:20 17/03/2010
Bomb disposal experts removed more than 900 unexploded World War II artillery shells from a worksite in northwestern Moscow on Wednesday, an Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman said.
Putin may lead Russia's bid to host 2018 World Cup
21:09 17/03/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin could lead Russia's bid to host the 2018 football World Cup, a first deputy prime minister said Wednesday.
Nothing can make nation drink less, say quarter of Russians
19:32 17/03/2010
One in four Russians say no measures taken to fight alcohol abuse will be effective against the national vice and commonest stereotype about Russia.
Moscow utilities crews find 800 WWII artillery shells
18:09 17/03/2010
At least 600 unexploded artillery shells from World War II were found by maintenance workers in northwestern Moscow on Wednesday, an Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman said.
Abkhazian president appoints envoy to Geneva talks
17:09 17/03/2010
Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh has appointed a special representative to international talks on security in the Caucasus, the presidential office said on Wednesday.
Moscow advertising watchdog criticizes anti-smoking posters
16:38 17/03/2010
Anti-smoking posters showing a cigarette being extinguished on the body of a sleeping baby have been harshly criticized by the Moscow Advertisement, Information and Design Committee.
President Medvedev to visit Ukraine in May
16:25 17/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Wednesday to meet his new Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev this May to continue work to improve ties between the two states, the Kremlin said.
Medvedev calls on Russian government to act on climate change doctrine
16:00 17/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government on Wednesday to adopt measures aimed at implementing the national climate doctrine authorized last year.
Greenpeace urges France's Areva to stop nuclear waste exports to Russia
15:45 17/03/2010
Moscow cries foul over limited access to Arctic deposits
15:11 17/03/2010
Restrictions on Russia's access to the development of hydrocarbon fields in the Arctic, which accounts for over 25% of global oil and gas reserves, is unacceptable, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
LUKoil to drill first exploration well at Iraq's West Qurna-2
15:09 17/03/2010
Russia's largest privately held oil company, LUKoil, plans to drill the first exploration well at the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq, LUKoil CEO Vagit Alekperov said on Wednesday.
Nizhny Novgorod airport may become region’s major transport hub
14:48 17/03/2010
Authorities in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod in the Volga region intend to modernize the local airport and turn it into a major regional transportation hub, a local deputy governor has said.
Russia may drop two time zones by end of March
14:07 17/03/2010
Russia may drop two time zones when it switches to daylight saving time on March 28.
Russian parliament approves bill to extend ban on human cloning
13:10 17/03/2010
The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, approved on Wednesday a government bill to extend a ban on human cloning.
Post-Soviet security group CSTO to become alternative to NATO - newspaper
12:43 17/03/2010
The post-Soviet security group Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is to become an alternative to NATO when the UN and CSTO sign a declaration on cooperation during UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit to Moscow this week, a respected Russian daily reported.
New Russia-U.S. poultry agreement may be ready by end of week
12:21 17/03/2010
A draft agreement on U.S. poultry supplies to Russia may be ready by the end of the week, Russia's chief sanitary official said on Wednesday.
India to get Russian nuclear submarine for 10-year lease - paper
11:39 17/03/2010
Russia has confirmed its readiness to transfer its Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine for a 10 year-lease to India, The Times of India reported on Wednesday citing defense ministry sources.
DHL, UPS say customs red tape poses threat to deliveries to Russia
09:59 17/03/2010
International postal operators DHL and UPS, as well as Russia's state operator Pochta Rossii, have faced difficulties with deliveries to Russia blaming customs red tape, a leading Russian business daily said on Wednesday.
Russian policeman kills berserk ax attacker
09:36 17/03/2010
A police officer in southeast Russia shot dead a man who attacked him with an ax, a spokeswoman for the regional police department said on Wednesday.

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