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Rush Demand For Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 20, 2007The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has held its seventh summit in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It clearly demonstrated the SCO's awareness that the time of closed blocs is over, and the 21st century is an era of cooperation. It also showed that the SCO is working hard to find its way in an avalanche of ideas about its development path and format. The SCO is a regional group ... more Russia To Export Electricity To Lithuania While Nuclear Power Plant Repaired 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 20, 2007Russia will supply up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity to Lithuania while the Ignalina nuclear power plant is being repaired, electricity monopoly Unified Energy System (UES) said Friday. European Union member Lithuania is to shut down the second reactor of its Ignalina NPP by late 2009, in line with EU nuclear safety requirements, and to build a new plant of about the same capacity of 3,600 MW ... more What's The Outlook For The ISS 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007In all probability, the question in the headline should be rephrased and run like this: who will man the International Space Station (ISS) next? The very future of this unique international orbital complex depends on the answer. The prospects for keeping the present crew are small, in fact, none existent. The main ISS users - the Russians and the Americans - are not interested in exploiting the ... more Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Territory Of Partnership 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007Developing as an international agency, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has been responding to the geopolitical situation in Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. Former Soviet republic made repeated attempts to streamline integration by setting up different associations, but they were not destined to live for many reasons. Experts are unanimous that the SCO is a success. Many call ... more Russia To Build Over 4,500 Aircraft By 2025 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007Russia is planning to manufacture more than 4,500 civilian and military aircraft by 2025, worth $250 billion, the head of the Russian aircraft manufacturing mega-holding said Wednesday. "We are planning to build over 4,500 aircraft, both civilian and military, under contracts totaling $250 billion [by 2025]," said Alexei Fyodorov, general director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 12, 2007The much-publicized polar expedition of Artur Chilingarov, deputy speaker of Russia's State Duma, has eclipsed another event which has a direct bearing on the country's northward expansion. Nobody seems to remember that 75 years ago the ice-breaker Alexander Sibiryakov made a legendary journey along Russia's Northern Sea Route, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He was the fir ... more Germany And Russia Joined At The Pipe 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 10, 2007Germany's special energy relationship with Russia threatens energy security in Europe, critics say. Others argue Europe's largest economy needs to build up strong ties with Europe's biggest energy importer. Energy security has become an increasingly important topic in European politics of the past years; domestic resources of oil and gas were scarce to begin with, and they are dwindling as consu ... more Russia To Build Fifth-Generation Fighter Prototype Soon 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 10, 2007Russia will soon start construction of a prototype fifth-generation fighter plane, Air Force Commander Alexander Zelin said Wednesday. The Russian Defense Ministry has long announced plans to develop a new-generation fighter under the federal defense procurement program until 2015, and contracted the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the developer of the famed Su fighter family, to design the new aircraft.< ... more Georgia And Russia Deadlocked Over Mystery Missile Strike 
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 09, 2007Georgia attempted to rally international support Thursday behind its allegations that a Russian plane engaged in a missile strike on its territory, amid angry denials from Moscow. Georgia's minister for conflict resolution, David Bakradze, released a report he said was written by Europe's main security and democracy body, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Russia's strategic aviation started Wednesday an active phase of military exercises to fly over the North Pole and conduct test launches of cruise missiles, an Air Force spokesman said. During the active phase, four Tu-160 Blackjack, 12 Tu-95 Bear-H strategic bombers, and 14 Tu-22 Backfire-C theater bombers will conduct simulated bombing raids, and more than ten cruise missile launches at the Pe ... more Russia To Boost Space Defense With New Missile System 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Russia is developing a fifth-generation air defense missile system that is superior to S-400 Triumf complex and capable of hitting targets in space, the Air Force commander said Wednesday. Russia recently deployed the first S-400 air defense battalion to protect the airspace around Moscow, and is planning to equip over two dozen battalions with the system by 2015. "While working on the S-400, we ... more Russian Scientists To Study In Detail North Pole Expedition Samples 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Studying the geological samples taken from the North Pole seabed during Russia's symbolic expedition last week could take six months, a Russian Academy of Sciences spokesman said Wednesday. Russian researchers descended 4,200 meters (14,000 feet) below the Pole in two submersibles last Thursday to gather evidence to bolster the country's claim to a vast swathe of extra Polar territory - a missio ... more Russia Oil Firm Russneft Securities Seized 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Investigators from Russia's Interior Ministry said Wednesday they had seized on a court order 100% of private oil group RussNeft's securities. The seizure had been requested by the Interior Ministry, whose investigators are conducting a tax evasion and illegal business probe against the company's CEO. "On July 31, Moscow's Lefortovo district court upheld a motion to seize 100% of the company's s ... more
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