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US, Czech on cusp of missile shield deal
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2008US President George W. Bush and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Wednesday they were on the cusp of reaching agreement on a radar for a planned US missile shield that has angered Russia. "There are only three words remaining to resolve," Topolanek said through an interpreter as they met in the Oval Office. He later explained the hold-up related to environmental guidelines for any US ... more The Algeria MiG Row And Russian Quality Assurance 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 26, 2007 Algeria will return 15 MiG-29SMT -- Fulcrum -- fighters purchased from the MiG Corp. in 2006-2007 to Russia. The deal on the return was signed shortly before Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika visited the Russian Federation. The ensuing scandal was picked up by the Russian press. This is an unpleasant incident not only because Algeria has thereby expressed its dissatisfaction ... more Toyota expects to produce 11.3 mln cars by 2012: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 27, 2008Toyota Motor Corp. expects to produce 11.3 million of its own brand vehicles by 2012, up about 30 percent from 2007 amid rapid growth in Russia, China and other emerging markets, a report said Wednesday. Toyota forecasts that its annual output, excluding affiliates Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd., will continue to grow by 600,000 vehicles a year, the Nikkei business daily reported ... more ILS Proton To Launch S2M Satellite For Mobile TV Service In Middle East And North Africa 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) have announced a contract with S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the MENA region. The companies made the announcement during the Satellite 2008 industry conference in Washington, D.C. The Proton Breeze M is Russia's leading heavy-lift vehicle, which launches from facilities at the Baikonur ... more US, Russia should disarm more nukes, says UN atomic watchdog 
Oslo (AFP) Feb 26, 2008The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei on Tuesday urged the United States and Russia to drastically reduce their nuclear arsenals. "There is no reason why the two largest nuclear-weapon states cannot slash the number of warheads they hold, without diminishing their security or that of their allies," the director general of the UN atomic watchdog told a nuclear ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Feb 25, 2007 Based on the design of the Russian Sukhoi Su-27SK fighter, China has come up with its own domestic version, the J-11B multi-function fighter. Three J-11B prototypes have been manufactured since 2006. After their factory flight tests, they have been evaluated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force 1st Fighter Division, based in Anshan in China's northeast Liaoning province. A Chinese ... more Outside View: Russian energy firms align 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 25, 2007 Two major state-owned Russian companies building energy projects -- Atomstroyexport, with a nuclear focus, and Technopromexport, which builds other power plants -- have agreed to develop a strategic partnership and establish a joint venture. Atomstroyexport will have the controlling interest -- 51 percent. The new joint venture will build energy facilities and operate them both in ... more Killing NROL-21 Part Two 
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2007 The U.S. success in shooting down USA 193, also known as National Reconnaissance Office launch 21 spy satellite, from a decaying orbit Wednesday looks unlikely to worsen the space arms race between the United States and Russia. Both nations were and remain dependent on orbiting satellites for essential intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance and communications capabilities. China ... more Analysis: Turkmenistan, Russia and China 
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 25, 2008The most fascinating energy development of the last 14 months has been the furious, if covert, struggle involving Russia, China and the United States to develop Turkmenistan's vast natural gas deposits since the death of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006. Turkmenistan's estimated natural gas reserves are the fourth largest in the world; according to geologic analysis ... more |
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Komyshovka, Russia (AFP) Feb 21, 2008Beside well-tended fields in the deserted reaches of the Jewish Autonomous Republic in far eastern Russia, makeshift greenhouses await the return of the Chinese agricultural workers. Like their compatriots selling cut-rate clothes in the markets of Khabarovsk or labouring in the logging camps of the region's forests, the workers see in Russia a livelihood more difficult to come by in their ... more Analysis: Iran, Russia: Friends or rivals? 
Washington (UPI) Feb 18, 2007 On the surface, Iran and Russia share many common goals, not the least of which is squeezing the United States as far as possible out of exploiting the developing energy reserves of the Caspian. Amid the West's hand-wringing over Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor, it is Russian technicians who are finishing the facility and Russian companies supplying the nuclear fuel, much to Washington's annoya ... more Kalashnikovs to be 'made in India': Russian firm 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 19, 2008India could soon begin producing "original" Kalashnikov assault rifles under licence and stop buying knock-offs of the ubiquitous weapon, a Russian firm said Tuesday. Speaking at the end of a four-day weapons fair in New Delhi, Izhmash JSC said it was negotiating with India on the local production of the guns to equip India's ill-armed security establishment. "India should use high quali ... more The Russian Indian Arms Deal Facing Testing Times Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 18, 2007 The Indians are increasingly criticizing their Russian partners for high prices and unreliable supply of spare parts in arms deals between the two countries. This situation is typical for many pre-tender PR clashes. But spare parts should be delivered on time, especially now that the character of our cooperation has changed, and our military partnership has ceased being almost exclusive ... more
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