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Main news of March 31

23:59 31/03/2010

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

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Police detain some 30 protesters in downtown Moscow
23:37 31/03/2010
Moscow police detained about 30 people, including a controversial Russian opposition leader, on Wednesday as they attempted to hold an unauthorized protest in the city center, a local police spokesperson said.
Military prep training should be reintroduced in Russian schools - prosecutor
22:50 31/03/2010
Military preparation training should be reintroduced in all Russian schools to increase patriotism in youth, the country's chief military prosecutor said in an interview with a Russian government daily to be published on Thursday.
St. Petersburg communists fan fires on city decorations with Stalin
22:28 31/03/2010
Communists from Russia's second city of St. Petersburg sent a request to city officials on Wednesday if signs and banners of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin would decorate the city during the 65th anniversary of WWII Victory Day celebrations scheduled for May 9.
Over 3,000 pay tribute to terror victims in central Moscow
21:32 31/03/2010
More than 3,000 people turned up in central Moscow on Wednesday to remember the victims of the latest terrorist bomb attacks in the capital, a city police official said.
Putin, Chavez to discuss $2 bln arms loan, trade, energy cooperation
20:20 31/03/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will discuss military and economic cooperation, including a $2.2 billion loan to buy Russian arms, during his first visit to the South American country, a Russian government source said on Wednesday.
Russian Prime Minister Putin to visit Venezuela on Friday
19:49 31/03/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will pay his first visit to Venezuela to meet with President Hugo Chavez on April 2, a government source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
British judge sets Berezovsky vs Abramovich hearing date
18:41 31/03/2010
The London High Court on Wednesday set a date for preliminary hearings in a legal dispute between Russian tycoons Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich.
Money row holds up Belarus's first nuclear power plant
18:36 31/03/2010
The signing of a contract between Russia and Belarus to build the ex-Soviet republic's first nuclear power plant has been delayed due to disagreements over the project's cost, the Russian ambassador to Belarus said on Wednesday.
Pressure scares applicants off top Russian Olympic post - official
17:50 31/03/2010
No one has applied to become the president of the Russian Olympic Committee, with potential applicants wary of unrealistic pressure to succeed, a top official said on Wednesday.
Russian president wants to revise sentencing practice for terrorism
17:45 31/03/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev believes sentencing practice for terrorists should be revised.
Medvedev vows not to allow terrorists to destabilize Russia
16:53 31/03/2010
Terrorists will not be allowed to destabilize the situation in Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday following two double bombings in Dagestan and Moscow.
Lawyers of Nevsky train attackers to appeal to European court
16:38 31/03/2010
Two men jailed in connection with an attack on the Nevsky Express train in August 2007 will take their appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, the lawyer of one of the men told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
We will not allow terrorists to destabilize Russia - Medvedev
16:02 31/03/2010
Terrorists will not be allowed to destabilize the situation in Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday following two double bombings in Dagestan and Moscow.
12 killed in south Russia twin bombings days after Moscow attacks (WRAPUP 2)
15:59 31/03/2010
Twin blasts rocked Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, just two days after two metro suicide bombings in Moscow.
Twin blasts in Russia's North Caucasus
15:59 31/03/2010
Twin blasts rocked Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan just two days after 39 people were killed in two subway explosions in Moscow. Nine people were killed and six injured in the explosions in the town of Kizlyar near Chechnya on Wednesday morning.
Russia's parliament slams Olympic performance as 'unsatisfactory'
15:47 31/03/2010
In an unusual debate on Wednesday, the upper house of the Russian parliament declared that Russia's performance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver was "unsatisfactory."
Single terrorist group may be behind Moscow, Dagestan bombings - Putin
15:06 31/03/2010
A single terrorist group may be behind the bombings in Moscow and Dagestan, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Upper house approves bill regulating size of provincial parliaments
15:03 31/03/2010
The upper house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday approved a presidential bill establishing a proportional representation system in provincial legislatures.
First bomb in Dagestan blasts had power of 200 kg TNT - investigators
14:56 31/03/2010
The first bomb to explode on Wednesday in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan could have had a force of up to 200 kg of TNT, a Russian investigator said.

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