Other Russia party member Olga Zhukova could have her children taken away from her, if police threats are anything to go by.  Party members say the threats are motivated by an upcoming March of Dissent in St Petersburg that will call for the Mayor’s resignation. ‘Threatening to take children away from opposition activists is not an uncommon tactic used by the Russian authorities.‘  When pressed, President Dmitry Medvedev said that progress has been made on the inquiry into the attack on journalist Oleg Kashin, ‘but I can’t talk about it‘.  Bloggers including Kashin, meanwhile, think that pro-Kremlin youth groups are to blame.  The BBC’s Russian Service ceases radio broadcasts today, due to budget cuts by the British government, leaving only a Russian-language website.  The Moskovskie Novosti newspaper will return to publication after a three-year absence, with ambitions to ‘join the ranks of the country’s leading media‘.