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Main news of March 18

23:59 18/03/2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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Woman injured by stray bullet in Moscow subway dispute
23:42 18/03/2010
A young woman was injured on Thursday when a rubber bullet hit her after a row between two men in the Moscow subway turned violent, police said.
Russian special forces applicant beaten to death in sparring test
23:01 18/03/2010
The father of a 4-year-old girl who was seeking to join the Russian Interior Ministry special forces died on Thursday in the Ural's Sverdlovsk Region after being severely beaten during a sparring exam, medical staff said.
Russian-U.S. arms deal 'in home stretch'
20:52 18/03/2010
Russian and U.S. negotiators will wrap up a new strategic arms reduction pact in the very near future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
Russia still sees diplomacy resolving Iranian nuclear issue
20:34 18/03/2010
Russia believes the dispute over Iran's nuclear activity can still be resolved through diplomacy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after talks with his U.S. counterpart.
Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant to be launched this summer - Putin
18:53 18/03/2010
The first reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southwestern Iran should be launched this summer, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Putin, Clinton to meet in Moscow Friday
18:49 18/03/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on March 19, Putin's spokesman said on Thursday.
Russia could build extra Soyuz capsule for space tours
18:49 18/03/2010
An additional Soyuz capsule could be built especially for commercial space tourists, the head of Russia's Energia space corporation said on Thursday.
Russia, UN hope arms reduction treaty will be signed soon
18:30 18/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said on Thursday they hoped a new nuclear disarmament agreement replacing the START 1 treaty will be signed soon
Russia to build its own 'Silicon Valley' near Moscow - Medvedev
17:03 18/03/2010
A high-tech research and production hub, similar to the Silicon Valley in California, will be built in Skolkovo near Moscow
Russian Air Force receives first 10 new air-defense systems
16:58 18/03/2010
The first 10 Pantsir S1 (SA-22 Greyhound) antiaircraft surface-to-air missile systems entered service with the Russian Air Force
Two astronauts successfully return to Earth from ISS
16:06 18/03/2010
A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying two astronauts returning from the International Space Station (ISS) successfully landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday
UN, CSTO sign cooperation deal
15:00 18/03/2010
The UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a post-Soviet security group, signed on Thursday a declaration of cooperation between their secretariats.
VimpelCom posts $283 mln US GAAP fourth quarter net profit
14:45 18/03/2010
Russian mobile operator VimpelCom announced on Thursday a US GAAP profit of $283 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with a net loss of $816 million the previous year.
Russia, UN for direct Israeli-Palestinian talks - Lavrov
14:39 18/03/2010
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he agrees with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that Israelis and Palestinians should begin direct talks to resolve the ongoing conflict.
Soyuz spacecraft carrying two astronauts lands successfully
14:36 18/03/2010
A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying astronauts returning from the International Space Station (ISS) successfully landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
Terrorist leader killed in southeastern Chechnya
14:02 18/03/2010
Police forces have killed a notorious militant leader in an ongoing operation in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Thursday.
Drug overdose deaths in Moscow up by almost 50% in 2009
12:45 18/03/2010
A total of 825 people died from drug overdoses in Moscow last year, almost twice as many as in 2008, the director of a Moscow drug research center told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
Russia's international reserves up $4.2 bln to $441.3 bln in week
11:51 18/03/2010
Russia's international reserves largely holding gold and foreign exchange increased 1% or $4.2 billion to $441.3 billion in the week of March 5-12, the Central Bank of Russia said on Thursday.
Soyuz spacecraft with two astronauts undocks from ISS
11:49 18/03/2010
The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft carrying two astronauts successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

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