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Star City, Russia (AFP) March 18, 2008The 29-year-old woman set to become South Korea's first astronaut said on Tuesday she was "honoured" to have been chosen, as she took final tests at Russia's astronaut training centre. "I am honoured. I will try to do my best. Not just for (myself) but as the first Korean astronaut," said Yi So-Yeon, a biosystems engineering student, before climbing into a model Soyuz capsule for tests. ... more US-Russia deal on missile shield possible by early 2009: Gates 
Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that the United States and Russia could strike a deal by early 2009 on a missile defence shield that Washington plans to base in Europe. "I think the answer is yes," Gates told reporters when asked after meeting President Vladimir Putin and other Russian leaders whether he was confident a deal could happen before US President George W. Bush's ... more Outside View: India buys Russian -- Part 1 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 18, 2008 On March 11 Russia and India signed a contract for the modernization of India's MiG-29s. After the modernization the machines, delivered to India by the former Soviet Union, will remain in service for another 20-25 years with greatly enhanced combat characteristics. Almost simultaneously, the media reported an agreement between the two countries on the modernization of the Russian ... more Russia to sell over 100 planes in 2008: report 
Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008The Russian defence ministry will sell over 100 planes and nearly 20 helicopters in 2008, Ria Novosti news agency reported Monday. The agency cited the ministry's statement that 102 planes, including cargo planes such as An-22, An-12, An-26, and the L-39 trainers will be sold in public sales starting in May. The ministry will also organise a public sale of six ships including an oil ... more Putin hails 'very serious' letter from Bush 
Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008Russia and the United States sounded upbeat Monday about easing tensions between the two powers as President Vladimir Putin welcomed a "very serious" letter from US leader George W. Bush. In a far cry from the acrimony at similar meetings here six months ago, visiting US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hailed the positive tone of talks with Putin and ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that the US and Russia could strike a deal on parts of a missile defence shield that Washington plans to base in Europe by early 2009. Asked after meeting Russian leaders whether he was confident a deal could happen before US President George W. Bush's term ends in January next year, Gates replied: "I think the answer is yes. The environment in ... more Russia strikes upbeat note on easing tension with US 
Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008Russia struck an upbeat note Monday on easing tensions with the United States as President Vladimir Putin discussed a key letter from US President George W. Bush with top US officials in the Kremlin. "We can put a full stop on some problems in US-Russia relations and consider them definitively resolved," Putin said at the start of talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence ... more Rocket Wreckage Removed From Siberian Shepherd Land 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 16, 2008Part of the wreckage of a carrier rocket that fell in Siberia after takeoff from Kazakhstan last month has been removed from land owned by a Russian shepherd, local officials said on Friday. Specialists from the Russian space agency Roscosmos traveled to the farm in the Altai Republic, "cut the fragment into parts and loaded it on a Mi-8 helicopter," a spokesman for the local administration said ... more Russian Proton Rocket Fails To Take Satellite Into Right Orbit 
Moscow (AFP) March 15, 2008A Russian rocket launched a communications satellite produced by US defence company Lockheed Martin into space on Saturday but failed to take it into the planned orbit, Russian space officials said. "The engine of the Briz-M booster failed to work for the whole of the scheduled time and the satellite could not be taken to the planned orbit," the Khrunichev space centre, which carried out the ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 14, 2008Russia is ready to hand India military aircraft engineering secrets in a bid to win a 12-billion dollar (7.65-billion euro) aviation contract tender, Interfax agency reported Friday. "If the Indian government decides to buy the MiG-35 (fighter), we will transfer to India the key technologies used in these aircraft including fifth generation technologies," manufacturers MiG said in a statement ... more Analysis: Poland, Azeris eye energy ties 
Warsaw (UPI) Mar 14, 2008Washington never tires of reminding Europe of the dangers of over-reliance on Russia as an energy source, muttering darkly that in the future the Kremlin will use its growing presence to influence European governments in a manner detrimental to their own interests. It is not an idle concern, with some analysts predicting that by 2020 Europe could be dependent on Russia for up to 70 percent of ... more Analysis: Central Asia and Gazprom 
Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2008Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have long chafed under Gazprom's pricing arrangements for their natural gas exports, as the energy giant has long adhered to the policy of buy cheap, sell dear. In a development fraught with ominous implications for Gazprom's Central European consumers, the leaders of the three nations recently indulged in some tough negotiations with Gazprom ... more Outside View: MiGs for NATO? -- Part 2
Moscow (UPI) Mar 13, 2008 The Russian-manufactured BTSVM MVK-03 computer will provide the backbone of a weapons control system for the MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters being sold to the Slovak air force, because the Slovak air force has large stockpiles of Russian-made bombs and missiles that are difficult to combine with Western weapons control systems. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia use different ... more
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