* After being interrogated by investigators following a Moscow market roof collapse, architect Nodar Kancheli, who also designed the Transvaal Park building in Moscow that collapsed two years ago killing 28 and injuring over 100, said the accident could have been caused by improper maintenance or excessive amount of snow on the market roof
* Russians Anna Bogaly, Svetlana Ishmuratova, Olga Zaitseva and Albina Akhatova won the 4x6km ladies' biathlon relay at the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a forthcoming visit of the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Power to Iran presented another opportunity to find a diplomatic solution for the Iranian nuclear file issue
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the chief UN human rights official that the state was responsible for the situation around human rights in the country
