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Russia orders probe into Lake Baikal mill pollution
Moscow (AFP) March 13, 2008The Russian prosecutor's office has launched an inquiry into a paper and pulp mill suspected of polluting Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater reserve, officials said Thursday. Local prosecutors in Irkutsk have been ordered "to check the legitimacy of the activities of the paper and pulp mill," said the prosecutors in a statement. The Baikal paper and pulp mill is owned by Basic ... more Rice, Gates to take missile shield talks to Russia 
Washington (AFP) March 12, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit Russia March 17-18, with Russo-US ties sorely strained by US missile defense plans, officials said Wednesday. With Iran, the Middle East, and Kosovo's declaration of independence also on the agenda, Rice and Gates will meet with their counterparts and seek talks with President Vladimir Putin and president ... more NATO urges Russia to tone down anti-alliance rhetoric 
Moscow (AFP) March 12, 2008NATO urged Russia on Wednesday to tone down its "fiery rhetoric" after repeated Moscow attacks on the growing influence of the military alliance and US plans to base parts of a missile shield in Europe. "We have seen too much rhetoric at too high a level... we would like to see it dialled down," NATO spokesman James Appathurai told the Russian press in a video-conference, speaking from Bruss ... more BMD Focus: BrahMos for Israel? 
Washington, March 12, 2007 India's success in co-producing the Mach 2.8 BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with Russia raises the question as to whether New Delhi would be willing or able to sell that technology to Israel -- which urgently needs it. And it also raises the question of whether Russia would allow India to sell such technology well in advance of current U.S. cruise missile systems to a close U.S. all ... more Woman to be first S. Korean in space 
Seoul, March 11, 2007 A woman has been chosen to be the first South Korean in space after a male astronaut was dismissed for security violations. Ko San was replaced by Russian space authorities for taking sensitive training materials outside the Russian space center, The Korea Times reported Monday. Ko was replaced by Yi So-yeon, a 29-year-old mechanical engineer. She will fly on a Russian Soyuz space ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 11, 2008Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday left open the possibility of a summit with Libya's Moamer Kadhafi amid Russian interest in the North African country's civil nuclear energy market. "We have a very active dialogue, and I don't exclude reciprocal visits at the highest level," Putin said during a meeting with parliament leaders at the Kremlin, according to the Interfax news agency. ... more Daimler unveils plan to sell more buses in China, India and Russia 
Frankfurt (AFP) March 11, 2008German heavy vehicle manufacturer Daimler said Tuesday it planned to expand its bus division in emerging markets such as Russia and India to boost global sales. "Daimler Buses aims in the long term to reinforce its position of number one worldwide by investing in new growth markets like Russia, India and China," a company statement said. In Russia, "we are considering local production ... more Russia Dumps Korean Astro Boy For Astro Girl In Textbook Scandal 
Seoul (AFP) March 10, 2008South Korea on Monday chose a woman to be its first astronaut in a late change after Russia's space authorities said the man initially selected for next month's mission had breached training rules. Yi So-Yeon, 29, a biosystems engineering student, will now blast off on April 8 in a Russian-made Soyuz rocket, replacing 30-year-old male computer engineer Ko San on the 27-million-dollar space fare ... more Russia Key To BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile Part Three 
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2008The Russians are freely sharing with India the full secrets of one of their proudest, most cherished and crucial military technologies with India -- supersonic cruise missiles that fly at Mach 2.8 -- apparently confident it will not leak to the United States. And they have flatly refused to contemplate any similar co-production of these BrahMos series of cruise missiles with China. ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2007The rapid development of the BrahMos joint Indian-Russian supersonic cruise missile project documents important and usually overlooked truths about the triangular Russian-U.S.-Indian strategic relationship. First - despite all the optimism of the Bush administration and all its efforts over the past seven years - India remains fundamentally allied to Russia rather than the United States ... more Super Hornets For India With A Carrier On The Side 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 10, 2008The $1.5 billion contract signed by Russia's Sevmash Corp. to refit the aircraft carrier or air capable cruiser Admiral Gorshkov for the Indian navy hugely underestimated the true costs of modernization.The plunge of the dollar and the subsequent surge in prices of equipment and skilled labor, as well as high requirements set by the Indian navy, made the project unrealizable. ... more NATO, Russia bid to wrap up Afghan transit deals: diplomats 
Brussels (AFP) March 7, 2008NATO and Russia have stepped up efforts to conclude by next month two accords allowing alliance-led troops in Afghanistan to transit Russian territory, NATO diplomats said Friday. "For years NATO and Russia have been bogged down on a framework accord on air transport and an exchange of letters on ground rail transport," one diplomat said, on condition of anonymity. "This time, we've ... more Uzbeks And South Korea Eye Natural Gas Deals 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2007 While Russia's Gazprom dominates Central Asian natural gas exports through its pipeline monopoly, the leaders of the "stans" are unhappy about the arrangement, as Gazprom buys cheap and sells dear to European consumers. Seeking to break the deadlock, Uzbekistan has been investigating alternatives, and on Feb. 25 state-owned Uzbekneftegaz signed an agreement with a South Korean energy consortiu ... more
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