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POLITICS

* Russia and the United States have agreed in principle to establish a bilateral working group to monitor the way adopted children from Russia are treated in American families, Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said

* The head of Russia’s Communist Party on Wednesday lambasted the government's current social and economic policies, saying they are detrimental to the country’s economy and that a new cabinet is required to lead Russia out of a crisis

* The start of the high-profile trial of Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption crusader who led last year's mass protests against President Vladimir Putin's rule, was adjourned on Wednesday after just 40 minutes

* A website leaked a video on Wednesday showing President Vladimir Putin apparently criticizing senior officials at a meeting with ministers and governors the previous day, just hours before Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev addressed the Russian parliament

WORLD

* US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday praised cooperation between the United States and Russia on a range of issues and said he is “hopeful” that the two countries can bolster bilateral ties despite disagreements over adoptions and human rights

* The US capital was on high alert Wednesday after law enforcement authorities said a letter sent to US President Barack Obama has preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin and that suspicious packages had been removed from the US Senate

* Seven people were killed and 61 injured in protests that flared up across Venezuela following the presidential election over the weekend, FoxNews.com reported, citing the country’s chief prosecutor

RUSSIA

* Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on Wednesday adopted in the first reading a bill toughening punishment for shooting in public places

* Moscow is not in the business of bringing about regime change in Syria or legitimizing such attempts, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

BUSINESS

* Russian state-controlled and private companies have not sustained any losses due to the financial crisis in Cyprus, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said

* Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he would offer a state prize for anyone who could find a method of ridding the Russian economy of its dependence on raw materials in the next few years

CRIME

* A lid to a kitchen pressure cooker that may have been used in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings was found on the rooftop of a building near the scene, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday, according to US media reports, the newest clue in the twin blasts that killed three people and injured 183 others on Monday

* The number of corruption related crimes recorded in Russia rose by almost 25 percent in 2012, according to a report by the Prosecutor General’s Office submitted to parliament

DEFENSE

* Russia’s Defense Ministry's Future Research Fund for promoting promising military research and development projects has begun awarding its first prizes, the head of the ministry’s information and analysis center said