CSKA - Zenit CSKA head coach Leonid Slutsky. Photo © AFP On March 3, the Russian football championship resumed for the 2011/12 season. In the central match of the 33rd round in Moscow, CSKA played a draw with Zenit St. Petersburg with a score of 2:2. Zenit twice took the lead after accurate shots from Alexander Kerzhakov, but the army team fought back twice. Alan Dzagoev and Akhmed Musa scored goals for CSKA.

A series of tornadoes in the eastern United States killed at least 28 people. This was reported on Saturday, March 3, by CNN. The greatest damage from the disaster occurred in the state of Indiana. 15 people died here, the city of Marysville was practically destroyed. In Kentucky, 12 people died from the storm, and residents of Ohio, Tennessee and Alabama were also affected. Thousands of homes were left without power, and a tornado damaged a maximum security prison building in Alabama.

In connection with the rallies on March 4 and 5 in Moscow, traffic on central streets may be blocked. reports this Interfax with reference to Deputy Mayor of the capital Alexander Gorbenko.

The international rating agency Moody's has lowered Greece's credit rating to "C", the lowest in its classification. As reported on Saturday, March 3, Agence France-Presse , this is due to the decision to write off Greek bond debts amounting to 107 billion euros and the losses that private investors will suffer in connection with this. At the same time, Moody's refrained from publishing a forecast for Greece's rating.

The match of the 33rd round of the Russian Football Championship between the CSKA and Zenit teams ended in a 2:2 draw. Lenta.ru broadcast the meeting online . The score in the meeting, which was the first for the teams after the winter break in the championship, was opened in the first minute by Zenit footballer Alexander Kerzhakov. A quarter of an hour later, Alan Dzagoev scored a finishing goal, thereby equalizing the score in the match.

were detained in Moscow Members of the group Pussy Riot , said lawyer Nikolai Polozov on his Twitter. According to him, one of the members of the feminist punk band told him about the arrest over the phone. The girls, according to preliminary data, are in the police department for the Central Administrative District of Moscow, Polozov went to see them.

In Yakutia, former Minister of Internal Affairs of the republic Yakov Stakhov has been put on the federal wanted list. As stated in a message published on the website of the Yakut department of the Investigative Committee, he is a suspect in a case of abuse of power. Stakhov was under recognizance not to leave the place and was supposed to appear at the investigative department on February 24 to face charges. However, the day before, he left Yakutsk for Moscow.

The number of application downloads from the App Store has exceeded 25 billion, according to Apple's website. Apple managed to achieve this figure in three and a half years of existence of the mobile application store for the iOS system. The achievement of a billion downloads became known at the end of April 2009, 9 months after the opening of the service. Apple reported 10 billion downloads in January 2011, six months later the figure was reached at 15 billion.

The younger sister of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad performed unsuccessfully in the elections to the country's parliament. This was reported by the Associated Press on March 3 , citing the Iranian Mehr agency. Parvin Ahmadinejad ran for parliament in the president's hometown of Garmsar. Based on the voting results, she will have to cede the parliamentary seat to her rival from among the ultra-conservatives.

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation did not record any serious violations of the law during the presidential election campaign. , announced this on Saturday, March 3, The head of the commission, Vladimir Churov reports RIA Novosti .

The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared two historians, Russian citizens Alexander Dyukov and Vladimir Simindei, persona non grata. As DELFI reports, scientists were banned from entering Latvian territory based on the conclusion that their actions harm the state and its citizens. In addition, historians were included in the list of persons whose entry into the Schengen zone is undesirable. The Latvian Foreign Ministry did not specify where Dyukov and Simindey are currently located.

The state television and radio company of South Ossetia "Ir" stopped broadcasting on the evening of March 2 due to an accident. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the general director of the TV channel Obert Kulumbegov. According to the agency's interlocutor, the cause of the accident was a power outage. As a result, the transmitter and repeater at the top of Pauk, through which the TV channel is broadcast, failed.

More than 100 fans were detained following the results of the CSKA - Zenit football match, which took place on March 3 at the Luzhniki stadium. reports this Interfax with reference to the press service of the Special Purpose Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow. According to a press service employee, the bulk of those detained were fans who came to the match while drunk.

The New Jersey Devils won a 5-0 victory over the Washington Capitals in a regular season match of the National Hockey League, the NHL official website reports. Zach Parise scored a hat-trick for the Devils, one of whose goals was assisted by Russian hockey player Ilya Kovalchuk .

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