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Is Russia One Of The Richest Countries
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 26, 2007The United States, Japan, China, Germany...Russia? Strange as it may seem, the world's largest country might soon also be one of its five biggest economies. On Tuesday, Russia's Economic Development and Trade Ministry submitted a remarkable document to the government - a plan for Russian social and economic development until the year 2020. With ambitious targets, it attracted the attention of ex ... more The Arctic Crisis Part 1 
Moscow (UPI) July 25, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush spent most of their time at the "lobster summit" at Kennebunkport, Maine, discussing how to prevent the growing tensions between their two countries from getting out of hand. The media and international affairs experts have been portraying missile defense in Europe and the final status of Kosovo as the two most contentious issues ... more Russia Hopes To Win Back The North Pole 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 26, 2007Santa Claus might soon be a Russian citizen. At least, that is the hope of well-known Arctic explorer Artur Chilingarov, who will lead Arctic 2007, one of the biggest expeditions in the history of polar research. The nuclear-powered ice-breaker Rossiya will escort the Academician Fedorov, the flagship of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring, which will take about a ... more Russia Puts Off Bushehr NPP Launch Until Fall 2008 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 26, 2007The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran cannot be completed by the fall of 2007 as suggested by Iranian authorities and will only be commissioned a year later, a Russian subcontractor said. Russia is building the $1-billion facility, Iran's first nuclear power plant, in the south of the country in accordance with a 1995 contract, and under UN supervision as Iran is under international scrutiny o ... more ISS Orbit Adjusted To Host Shuttle Endeavor 
Moscow (SPX) Jul 25, 2007Russian Mission Control said Tuesday it successfully adjusted the International Space Station's orbit in preparation for the docking of the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor, due to be launched August 8. Corrections to the space station's orbit are conducted periodically before launches of Russian cargo ships and U.S. shuttles to compensate for Earth's gravity and to ensure successful dockings. The co ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) July 20, 2007An independent scientific panel is concerned that oil and gas companies developing Russia's Sakhalin II offshore fields are ignoring noise limits aimed at preserving whales, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) said Friday. The international panel set up by the IUCN said a decision by the Gazprom led consortium -- which includes Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, Japan's Mitsui and Mistubishi -- to rej ... more Russia Opens The Door To Foreign Nuclear Investment And Technology 
London UK (SPX) Jul 23, 2007While investment opportunities still exist in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector of the Russian energy industry for the construction of gas liquefaction plants, the Government has turned its focus on the nuclear power generation sector. The idea is to attract significant foreign investment by diversifying and transmitting nuclear energy through the establishment of various nuclear plants and ... more New NASA System Will Help Space Station Crews Breathe Easier 
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 20, 2007A new oxygen generation system tested between July 11 and 14 aboard the International Space Station will allow the orbiting laboratory's crew size to increase in 2009. The hardware is part of the station's environmental control and life support system and will be used to augment the Russian Elektron oxygen generator. With the increased capability to produce oxygen, the station can better support ... more Russia Proposes Drafting Simpler START Arms Treaty 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 23, 2007Russia has proposed to the United States that the sides draft a simpler version of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), a senior Defense Ministry official said Wednesday. The current START treaty expires December 5, 2009. "In our opinion, we should not allow a vacuum in the sphere of strategic arms control," Lieutenant General Yevgeny Buzhinsky said. "So far, the U.S. has not respo ... more |
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Arlington VA (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Space Adventures has announced that it has finalized contracts with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) for two commercial seats aboard upcoming flights of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft. The company became world renowned in 2001 with the launch of California businessman Dennis Tito and since then, has launched four other privately-funded individuals to space. Space Adventures has ... more Current Nuclear Threat Worse Than During Cold War 
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jul 20, 2007The risks of an accidental nuclear war have increased since the Cold War as Russia's early warning capability has deteriorated, a former U.S. defense official said. William J. Perry, who is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project at Stanford University, said in congressional testimony Wednesday that "the danger of nuclear war occurring by accid ... more US And Russia Facing Energy Crises 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 20, 2007New Yorkers still remember the "night of terror" provoked by a blackout on a hot summer's night in 1977, when stores were ransacked, looted and destroyed, buildings were set ablaze, and the police, for the most part, stood helpless. In the 30 years since then, electricity experts have not found a foolproof way of developing electricity systems that would rule out a repetition of such disasters. ... more NASA Holds Briefing With First Female Station Commander And Crew 
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 18, 2007The next visitors to the International Space Station will discuss their upcoming flight during a news conference at 2 p.m. CDT Monday, July 23. The Expedition 16 crew includes Commander Peggy Whitson, the first female to lead a long-duration spaceflight. The news conference from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, will be broadcast live on NASA Television with questions taken from media at oth ... more
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