POLITICS

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Durban on a two-day visit Tuesday to attend the fifth BRICS summit with the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa.

(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

Russian senator Vitaly Malkin has handed in his resignation following allegations that he has Israeli citizenship and undeclared foreign real estate.

(Kommersant, Vedomosti)

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to parliament a bill on the administrative rule of law regulating disputes between members of the public and government officials.

(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

Shares in the main assets of Russian oil major TNK-BP plummeted almost 20 percent Tuesday afternoon on news that its parent company, Rosneft, planned to raise billions of dollars in loans from its recently acquired subsidiary.

(Vedomosti, Kommersant)

Banking giant HSBC Holdings has decided to close Hermitage Capital foundation in Russia.

(Kommersant)

Taxes for owners of luxury cars in Russia set for a steep rise. The government considers a car luxurious if its price exceeds five million rubles (about $162,000).

(Vedomosti)

DEFENSE

North Korea said on Tuesday it had ordered its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units to target US military bases on Guam, Hawaii and mainland America.

(Kommersant)

WORLD

South Africa's state-owned Denel Aviation says it is unveiling the first authorized maintenance and service center for hundreds of Russian helicopters operating in sub-Saharan Africa.

(The Moscow Times)

SOCIETY

This week's two-day snowstorm was likely to be the last this spring, but abnormally cold weather will persist over the next few days, making this March the coldest since the 1950s, weather forecasters said.

(The Moscow Times)

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to scrap the year-round summer time established by the government in 2011.

(Kommersant)

CRIME

An autopsy has established that the cause of death of self-exiled Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky was consistent with hanging, but no signs of violent death were found.

(Kommersant)

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