May 29, 2008 Russo Daily a re-energized superpower
Defense Focus: Cruiser strategy -- Part 1
Washington (UPI) May 28, 2008
The new series of live-firing exercises by the Russian missile cruiser Varyag in the Pacific Ocean this week offers a revealing look at the current balance of competing weapon systems in surface warfare. The Varyag is nearly 20 years old, but following an extensive refit it is once again a formidable, state-of-the-art, world-class warship excellently designed and armed for its mission, ... read more
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    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

    Russia And Europe To Build New Manned Spacecraft
    Berlin (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2008
    Russian and European space agencies are due to discuss the joint development of a manned spacecraft at a Berlin air show taking place May 27 to June 1, the head of Roscosmos said on Tuesday. A spokesman for the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said earlier that it had agreed with the European Space Agency (ESA) to jointly build a manned spacecraft for flights to near-Earth orbits and the M ... more

    Medvedev To Discuss Space Center And Some Arms Dealing During Kazakh Visit
    Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2008
    Russian 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, 2008
    A 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, 2008
    Russia 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

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    NATO needs to work with, not against Russia: Moscow
    Moscow (AFP) May 25, 2008
    NATO 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, 2008
    The 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, 2008
    China 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

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    Russian pipeline plan threatens whales: environmental groups
    Moscow (AFP) May 22, 2008
    A 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, 2008
    Russia'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, 2008
    Moscow 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, 2008
    A 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

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