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Russia Plans New Nuclear Missile Production
Moscow (AFP) Aug 05, 2007The Russian Navy announced Sunday it will produce a series of intercontinental missiles for its next generation of nuclear submarines. "The last test trial of the Bulava-M at the end of June was very important ... After examining the results we decided to start work on these missiles for our new armament system," navy chief Admiral Vladimir Marossin told Russian news agencies. The Bulava-M miss ... more Bush Calls Global Climate Summit To Do A Deal 
Washington (AFP) Aug 03, 2007President George W. Bush has invited the world's major polluters to a September 27-28 conference to set long-term goals on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental groups have called the plan, which Bush proposed in a speech on May 31, a diversion from other global efforts to combat global warming, while Washington says it complements UN-driven talks on the issue. Bush asked Australia, Br ... more Russia's Oil-Fuelled Boom Continues 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 06, 2007Russia's lucky streak continues. The price of oil, the country's main export item and its chief source of budget revenues, has once again soared to record levels. On July 31, the price of a barrel of oil gained $1.38, closing at $78.21 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). This is the highest it has closed on the NYMEX since the exchange began trading oil in 1983 and is close to its all-t ... more Proposed US Resolution Expresses Concern Over Moscow CFE Withdrawal 
Washington (AFP) Aug 01, 2007A senior US legislator Wednesday introduced a resolution expressing strong concern with Russia's decision to withdraw from a key European arms control pact, the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings, Chairman of the US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the US Helsinki Commission), called Moscow's move "troubling" and said it reflec ... more Arctic Wealth And Why Countries Are Jockeying Over The Roof Of The World 
Paris (AFP) Aug 02, 2007Global warming and, ironically, its main cause -- fossil fuels -- explain the intensifying squabble to claim rights over the Arctic seabed. Around a quarter of the world's oil reserves are locked up below the Arctic Ocean, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The Arctic floor is also home to massive gas fields which are virtually unexploited, including those in the Barents Sea and in pa ... more |
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Korolev, Russia (SPX) Aug 02, 2007A special shareholders' meeting of the open joint stock company (JSC) S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, convened by a resolution of the Board of Directors, has taken place Monday August 1. 3427 participants registered at the meeting to represent the interests of the Corporation shareholders who own the total of 885414 shares, which amounts to 78.79% of the total number of the vot ... more Climate Change Threatens Siberian Forests 
Leicester UK (SPX) Aug 01, 2007In Central Siberia alone, fires have destroyed 38 000 km2 in the extreme fire year of 2003. In that year the smoke plumes were so huge that they caused air pollution as far as in the United States. An international team of scientists believes that Siberian fires are influenced by climate change. The study was led by the Professor Heiko Balzter of the Department of Geography at the University of ... more Senior Official Of Energia Space Appointed President 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007Vitaly Lopota, formerly first vice president of the Energia space corporation and its chief designer, has been appointed the company's new president. Earlier, Energia's shareholders voted to dismiss Nikolai Sevastyanov from the post by a 97% majority, and voted 97.5 percent in favor of Lopota, 57. The decision to suspend Sevastyanov's mandate was made in late June by the board of directors of st ... more Russia To Conduct Strategic Wargames Above And Below Arctic Ocean 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 01, 2007The Russian strategic aviation will fly over the North Pole and conduct test launches of cruise missiles during a series of exercises in August, the Defense Ministry said on its website Tuesday. Units of the 37th Air Army of the Strategic Command will conduct a total of six tactical exercises in August as part of an annual training program, the ministry said in a statement. "During the exercises ... more |
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Irkutsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007Police in Siberia have detained another three suspects in an attack on an anti-nuclear protest camp that left one person dead and 21 injured July 21, the first assistant prosecutor in Irkutsk said Tuesday. Alexander Semyonov said the detention brings the total number of detainees to 16 after masked assailants carrying baseball bats and metal rods attacked the camp in Angarsk, near Lake Baikal, w ... more Progress To Launch To Space Station 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jul 31, 2007A new Progress cargo carrier is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 1:34 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 2, with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard. The station's 26th Progress unpiloted spacecraft will bring to the orbiting laboratory almost 1,600 pounds of propellant, more than 100 pounds of air and oxygen, more than 465 pounds of water ... more Russia Says US Cannot Have Both Gabala And Czech Radar Stations 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007The United States cannot deploy a missile shield in Central Europe and at the same time accept Russia's offer for the use of the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday. "Russia's proposals are an alternative, rather than a complement, to U.S. plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Europe," ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said. In Kamynin's comment ... more Chinese Navy To Build Two Carriers With Russian Help 
Hong Kong (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007Kanwa, a Hong Kong defense news agency, said Friday purchases by China of Russian aircraft carrier components suggested that Beijing was planning to build one or two aircraft carriers, possibly by 2015. The agency cited a senior source in the Russian Navy, saying that Russia and China have an agreement to purchase four deck landing systems capable of handling heavy deck-based fighters such as th ... more
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