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Russia And China Against Deployment Of Weapons In Space
Beijing (RIA Novosti) May 27, 2008Russia and China want an international agreement to be drafted banning the deployment of weapons in space, the countries' leaders said on Friday in a joint declaration after talks in Beijing. "The sides are in favor of the peaceful use of space, but are against the deployment of weapons in space or a space arms race," the declaration said. In February Russia and China presented at a ... more UN concludes Russia shot down Georgian spy plane 
Tbilisi (AFP) May 26, 2008The UN concluded in a report Monday that a Russian fighter jet shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane last month, prompting the EU to call on Moscow and Tbilisi to "explain themselves." The report, posted on the UN website, said evidence gathered by UN monitors "leads to the conclusion that the aircraft belonged to the Russian air force" and that the downing was "fundamentally inconsistent ... more NATO needs to work with, not against Russia: Moscow 
Moscow (AFP) May 25, 2008NATO needs to work with Russia, and not against Moscow's wishes, Russia's ambassador to the transatlantic military alliance told news agency ITAR-TASS on Sunday. "Common questions of security cannot be resolved without Russia, or against her," said Dmitry Rogozin, speaking from Berlin, where the NATO parliament is in session. Rogozin said global security threats are "directed every bit a ... more US seeking to overcome China, Russia missile defense objections 
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2008The United States on Friday played down China and Russia's joint denunciation of its missile defense plans in Europe, saying it reflected longstanding worries that Washington is trying to overcome. "I would not say we are 'troubled,' I would say that we are aware of their concerns and that we are working to address them," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said when asked about Beijing's ... more China, Russia sign bln-dlr nuclear deal: official 
Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2008China and Russia on Friday signed a one-billion-dollar deal to expand a nuclear energy facility in the Asian nation, a Russian official said. "We have completed negotiations on construction of a uranium enrichment factory," Sergei Kiriyenko, head of the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom, told reporters in Beijing. He was speaking during a visit to Beijing by new Russian President Dmitry Med ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 22, 2008The White House said Thursday it recognizes Moscow's concerns over a US missile defense system in Europe but sees new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as "open" to discussions about the plans. "The United States and Russia are going to continue to work together on this issue," National Security Council spokeswoman Kate Starr told AFP. "We understand they have concerns, but we are please ... more Russian pipeline plan threatens whales: environmental groups 
Moscow (AFP) May 22, 2008A planned oil pipeline off the island of Sakhalin in eastern Russia threatens an entire population of gray whales that feed in the area with extinction, environmental groups said on Thursday. "The pipeline threatens a small population of Asian gray whales since it crosses diagonally across the Piltunsk lagoon which produces organisms that the animals feed on," Alexei Knizhnikov of WWF in ... more Russian leader stresses openness on first tour 
Astana (AFP) May 22, 2008Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, declared a "pragmatic" and "open" foreign policy as he began his first foreign tour since taking office, holding talks in Kazakhstan before heading to China. The 42-year-old struck a less hawkish tone than his predecessor Vladimir Putin in his most specific foreign policy statements since his May 7 inauguration, in an interview with Chinese journalist ... more Russia, China close to pipeline deal: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) May 22, 2008Moscow and Beijing are close to reaching agreement on building a pipeline from Siberia's oil fields to energy-hungry China, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. "We currently have a basic agreement on this and today are at the concluding stage in talks between Rosneft and CNPC," Russia's and China's state oil companies, Medvedev said in an interview posted on the Kremlin website. ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) May 20, 2008 Thirty years ago, on May 15, 1978, a missile defense system was placed on combat duty to protect Moscow as the capital of the Soviet Union. Russia has been developing missile defense systems since the early 1960s. On March 1, 1961, the Soviet Air-Defense Force conducted the first hit-to-kill test when a V-1000 missile interceptor developed by the Fakel (Torch) design bureau under the ... more BMD Focus: Medvedev's missile pledge 
Washington (UPI) May 20, 2008 It's not exactly a surprise, but it's important news anyway. Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev has pledged to maintain the top-priority modernization of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces designed to be able to swamp America's ballistic missile defense systems. Speaking in the town of Teikovo in the Ivanovo region 150 miles northeast of Moscow Thursday, Medvedev, the hand-picked ... more Outside View: Russia pipeline reach grows 
Moscow (UPI) May 19, 2008 On May 14 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS-2), an offshoot of the Druzhba pipeline built in Soviet times to pump oil to Europe through Belarus and terminals in the Baltic countries. BPS-2, which will run across Russia to the port of Ust-Luga on the Gulf of Finland, is Putin's way to enhance Europe's ... more Russian Cargo Spacecraft Docks With ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 18, 2008The Russian Progress M-64 cargo spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), a Mission Control spokesman said on Saturday. The spacecraft docked at 1:39 a.m. Moscow time (21.39 GMT Friday) and delivered more than 2.3 tons of fuel, food, water, and other supplies to the ISS. Progress M-64 was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 00 ... more
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