Main News of March 6 Posted byRussian_Village March 7, 2012 Leave a comment on Main News of March 6 WORLD * The Spanish government has decided to suspend the activity of its embassy in Syria, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said * Russia’s stance on Syria has always been based on the principles of international law and it will be not changed after the recent presidential elections, the Russian Foreign Ministry said * European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has accepted Tehran’s offer to resume negotiations with the Iran Six amid growing international concerns over the Islamic Republic’s controversial nuclear activities RUSSIA * Police have detained around 20 activists in downtown Moscow, the Interior Ministry reported * Moscow disputes some of the points contained in international observer reports on Sunday’s presidential elections, which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won in a landslide, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said * A costly update for the Russian Defense Ministry website that endowed it with Tetris instead of state-of-the-art patriotic shooter games was likely a fraud, military prosecutors said * Russia’s anti-Putin protest movement is in talks with the authorities over a new rally in downtown Moscow on March 10, protest organizer Sergei Udaltsov said * Vladimir Putin admitted that irregularities had taken place at March 4 polls that secured his election as president and called for a probe * Russia is determined to stay the course in relations with the United States, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said * U.S. Ambassador in Russia Michael McFaul has expressed concern over a crackdown on protesters in downtown Moscow