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Russia Gives Up Ukraine Missile Radars, US Says Azerbaijan No Substitute For Poland
Moscow (AFP) July 12, 2007Russia plans to abandon two missile defence bases in Ukraine, including one 700 kilometers (430 miles) away from a planned US radar site that Moscow opposes, a top Russian daily reported Thursday. The Russian government has submitted a draft bill to the lower house of parliament that would end an agreement under which Moscow finances the bases for around 1.3 million dollars (940,000 euros) per y ... more US Spy Master Says Intrigue Over The Kremlin Successor Deepens 
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jul 12, 2007A senior U.S. intelligence analyst said political maneuvering in Russia is intensifying as the country approaches presidential elections in March 2008. Speaking before U.S. lawmakers, Thomas Fingar, National Intelligence Council deputy director for analysis, gave an analytical assessment of the current situation in Russia as part of a report about global security threats facing the United State ... more Bush Names Deputy EUCOM Commander To Lead AFRICOM 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2007President Bush named Army Gen. William E. "Kip" Ward today to help stand up U.S. Africa Command as its first commander. Ward has served as deputy commander of U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, since May 2006. In that role, he has been responsible for the day-to-day activities for U.S. forces operating across 92 countries in Europe, Africa, Russia, parts of Asia and the Middle East, t ... more Russia Seeks Nine Billion Dollars WTO Farm Subsidies 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 13, 2007Russia insists on $9 billion-a-year state agriculture subsidies at accession talks with the World Trade Organization (WTO), in accordance with the organization's rules, the agriculture minister said Thursday. "The figure of $9.2 billion is a guideline in the negotiating process," Alexei Gordeyev told a Cabinet meeting. Russia is discussing state support for the agricultural sector at multi ... more Kazakhstan Offers To Join International Fusion Power Project 
Tokyo (RIA Novosti) Jul 13, 2007Participants in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project (ITER) will consider Kazakhstan's offer to join the construction of a fusion power reactor in France, a Russian official said Thursday. The $10 billion project to build the reactor in Cadarache near Marseilles in southern France is designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological potential of nuclear fusio ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 12, 2007Russia has found a way to keep from being held hostage by its unpredictable western neighbors, Belarus and Ukraine. Gazprom, the state-controlled gas monopoly, and Italian energy giant Eni have agreed to build the South Stream pipeline, which will deliver 30 billion cubic meters of gas annually directly from Russia to the European Union. Eni will supply the pipeline with the gas it produce ... more Progress Spacecraft To Bring Computer Equipment To ISS In August 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 11, 2007The Progress M-61 space cargo ship will deliver additional equipment to the International Space Station (ISS) August 2 to ensure the stable work of the onboard computer network, a Russian space corporation said Tuesday. "Final preparations for fuelling and placing deliverable hardware and cargo on board the spacecraft are under way," the Energia space corporation said in a statement. The l ... more Global Missile Defense System Could Be Created By 2020 Says Ivanov 
Petropavlovsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 10, 2007A global missile defense system proposed by Russia could be created by 2020, a Russian first deputy prime minister said Sunday. "We are proposing to create a single missile defense system for all participants with equal access to the system's control," Sergei Ivanov said in a televised interview with the Vesti Nedeli program on Rossiya television channel. Ivanov said the proposal applied b ... more Russia Has Become A Nation Of Pensioners 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 10, 2007Russia's population is currently ageing faster than almost any other country in Europe. The workforce/pensioner ratio has shrunk by a factor of 1.5 over the past 15 years. The idea of solidarity between generations no longer works in the Russian pension system, hence our big headache-old people living from hand to mouth and a snowballing Pension Fund deficit. Regular federal subsidies are not a ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 09, 2007Russian Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov recently congratulated Yury Solomonov, general designer of the Moscow Heat Technology Institute, on the successful submarine launch of a new sea-based strategic missile, the Bulava, which was developed by his institute. The launch was part of a series of flight tests. Such publicity given to an event so ordinary and routine may seem strange, but only at ... more Russia Proton-M Booster Puts US Satellite Into Orbit 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Jul 09, 2007A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has successfully delivered U.S. telecommunications satellite, DirecTV-10, into orbit, Russia's space agency said. The rocket, powered by a Briz-M booster was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 5.16 a.m. Moscow time Saturday (1.16 a.m. GMT). The launch services were provided by International Launch Services, a U.S.-Russian joint venture wit ... more ABM And The Geostrategic Interests Of Azerbaijan 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 09, 2007The proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use jointly with the United States the Gabala radar site, leased by Russia from Azerbaijan, as an element of a missile defense shield is well worth examining through the lens of Azerbaijan's geostrategic interests. How compatible is Putin's initiative with Azerbaijan's national security strategy in the short, medium and long terms? In lin ... more Russia And China Sign Deal To Jointly Explore Mars And Phobos 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) July 06, 2007The Russian and Chinese space agencies signed a deal in Moscow Wednesday on joint exploration of Mars and its satellite Phobos. The deal between Russia's Federal Space Agency and Chinese National Space Administration is a follow-up of a general agreement for Sino-Russian space cooperation signed in August 2006. China is expected to contribute several critical parts for the Russian Fo ... more
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