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Medvedev To Discuss Space Center And Some Arms Dealing During Kazakh Visit
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to discuss space exploration and military cooperation with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, during his first trip abroad as president on May 22-23. Medvedev's visit to Kazakhstan 'reaffirms the maturity of the Russian-Kazakh strategic partnership,' Russian presidential aide, Sergei Prikhodko, said. The two-day talks will see ... more Rokot Carrier With Three Military Satellites Blasts Off From Plesetsk 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 26, 2008A Russian Rokot carrier rocket with three military satellites and one civilian satellite has been successfully launched from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia, the Russian Space Forces said on Friday. The Rokot launch vehicle, developed by the state-run Khrunichev Center, is a modification of the RS-18 (SS-19 Mod.1 Stiletto) two-stage ballistic missile that is being decommissio ... more 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 McCain wants nuclear talks with China, Russia 
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2008Republican presidential candidate John McCain Tuesday pledged to launch a new dialogue with China and Russia to reduce nuclear weapons and proliferation, and backed a US-India civil nuclear pact. The Arizona senator also took a fresh swipe at potential Democratic general election foe Barack Obama, over his offer to talk to the leaders of US foes like Iran, Syria and Cuba. McCain has prev ... more Walker's World: Russia's 'hypermortality' 
Paris (UPI) May 27, 2008 An alarming new word has been born. It is "hypermortality," which might be defined as an extraordinary tendency toward death. It jumps from the first page of the U.N. Development Program report entitled "Demographic Policy in Russia." "The Russian phenomenon of hypermortality comes to be observed primarily in working-age populations," it says. "Compared to the majority of countri ... more |
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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 Analysis: Azeri-Turkmen relations improve 
Washington (UPI) May 22, 2008 For the last 17 months Russia and China have been engaged in a three-way tussle with Western energy companies to develop Turkmenistan's vast natural gas resources. Since the death of Turkmen "President for Life" Saparmurat Niyazov, his successor, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, has been adroitly talking to Moscow, Beijing and Washington about exploiting the country's reserves. While Russia ... more Medvedev warns over US missile defence plans
Moscow (AFP) May 22, 2008Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, warned on Thursday of "an adequate response" to US missile defence plans in Europe but said Moscow was still ready to negotiate with Washington. "I don't think the situation is completely hopeless but those decisions that have been taken cannot please us and we will be forced to find an adequate response," Medvedev said in an interview with Chinese ... more |
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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 Soyuz Bumpy Re-Entry Caused By Technical Glitch 
Korolyov, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 22, 2008A technical glitch caused the ballistic landing of Russia's Soyuz TMA-11 capsule in April this year, the head of the Federal Space Agency's department for manned flights said on Wednesday. On April 19, the Soyuz-TMA-11 capsule, carrying U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko, and Korean bioengineer Yi So-yeon from the International Space Station, made a bump ... more Russian ABM Plans Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) May 21, 2008 Russia's A-135 Anti-Ballistic Missile system, capable of coping with intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles, was developed and commissioned in 1995 and 1996, respectively. The system hinged on the Don-2N multi-role radar and a command computer inside a truncated tetrahedral pyramid. Silo-based missile interceptors were deploy ... more
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