PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - Mar 27

MOSCOW, March 27 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

VEDOMOSTI

- Russia's government will at least double taxes starting from next year on cars that cost more than 5 million roubles ($161,900), the paper writes.

- Russian Internet search firm Yandex purchased a piece of land in Finland for 1.5. million euros to build a data-centre, the paper writes.

KOMMERSANT

- Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold a question and answer session at the end of April in which he will answer Russians' questions.

- The daily runs an interview with Moscow's chief architect Sergei Kuznetsov, who considers strange plans to build 200 churches in the city.

- One of Russia's largest steelmakers, NLMK , reported an unexpected fourth-quarter net loss of $22 million on Tuesday due to a slump in demand in the second half of 2012.

($1 = 30.8922 Russian roubles)

(Compiled by Ludmila Danilova)

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