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Main news of March 30

23:56 30/03/2010

A round up of what happened in the past 24 hours

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Two dead bodies yet to be identified after Moscow metro blasts
23:45 30/03/2010
Only two of the 39 people who died in Monday morning's blasts in the Moscow metro system have yet to be identified, Russia's emergencies ministry said on Tuesday.
Polish communist-era leader to attend Moscow Victory Day celebration
23:35 30/03/2010
General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's last communist leader, will attend World War II Victory Day celebrations in Moscow in May, the Polish Radio Foreign Service reported on Tuesday.
Czech air force to patrol skies over U.S.-Russian Prague summit
22:41 30/03/2010
Czech Gripen fighters will secure the air space and escort the planes of U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a U.S.-Russia summit in April, the CTK national news agency said on Tuesday.
Russian Islamic group offers reward for info on attack organizers
22:04 30/03/2010
Russia's Islamic Cultural Center will pay 1 million rubles ($30,000) for any information on the organizers of the Moscow subway bomb attack, the organization's president said on Tuesday.
Russia set to float out 2nd stealth corvette
19:42 30/03/2010
St. Petersburg's Severnaya Verf shipyard will float out on Wednesday a new corvette featuring stealth technology, a Russian Navy spokesman said.
Russia needs independent policy on North Korea - experts
19:32 30/03/2010
North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear program and Russia has to take this fact into account to adjust its policy towards the reclusive Communist state, Russian experts said on Tuesday.
Chechen rights official warns of discrimination after bombings
18:32 30/03/2010
Russia may see a rise in ethnic hatred following the deadly blasts in Moscow's subway, the ombudsman for Human Rights in Chechnya warned on Tuesday.
Terrorists will be 'dragged out from the sewers' - Putin
18:24 30/03/2010
Finding the organizers of the terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro is a matter of honor for the security agencies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said during questions at a conference on transport security on Tuesday.
Russia contributes greatly to atom smasher success - scientist
18:19 30/03/2010
Russia has made significant contributions to the international particle collider project and hopes it will boost the prestige of Russian scientists worldwide, a Russian physicist said on Tuesday.
Lukashenko complains Belarus gets raw deal in trade with Russia
18:04 30/03/2010
Despite its best efforts, Belarus has been unable to secure a level playing field for its trade with Russia, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.
Russia moves to toughen terrorism-related laws
17:48 30/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told top judicial officials on Monday that the country's laws concerning terrorism-related crimes should be reviewed.
Moscow holds day of mourning for metro blasts
17:30 30/03/2010
Moscow is holding a day of mourning after two suicide bombings killed dozens of people in the capital's subway on Monday.
Russia, Greece to hold joint naval drills in 2010
17:22 30/03/2010
The Russian and Greek navies will conduct joint exercises in 2010 as part of a bilateral military cooperation action plan, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
United Russia party seeks to criminalize denial of Nazi crimes
16:54 30/03/2010
The pro-Kremlin United Russia party will propose amendments to Russian law introducing criminal punishment for attempts to rehabilitate Nazism, a lawmaker involved in the initiative has said.
Medvedev says Russia joins UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea
14:28 30/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on Tuesday on Russia joining UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear missile tests.
Russia seeks to extend border on Sea of Okhotsk continental shelf
14:18 30/03/2010
The Russian Natural Resources Ministry has drafted an application to the UN to extend the borders of the country's continental shelf on the Sea of Okhotsk, a deputy minister said on Tuesday.
Reports of xenophobia against 'Muslim-looking' people in Moscow unfounded - social organization
14:10 30/03/2010
Caucasus diasporas in Moscow have not complained of acts of xenophobia after the deadly blasts in Moscow's subway, the chairman of the Council of Nationalities in Russia said on Tuesday.
Ingush president orders checks on militants' relatives after Moscow subway blasts
14:09 30/03/2010
Ingush president Yunus-Bek Yevkurov ordered law enforcement forces on Tuesday to probe the relatives of the militants killed in recent police sweeps in Ingushetia, after the suicide bombings on the Moscow subway, the president's spokesman said.
Russian upper house mulls death penalty for terrorists
13:49 30/03/2010
The upper house of the Russian parliament may propose amendments to the criminal law stipulating the death penalty for organizers of terrorist attacks resulting in multiple deaths, the chairman of the Federation Council's Committee on Legal and Juridical Issues said.

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