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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, ... more Russia And Europe To Build New Manned Spacecraft 
Berlin (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2008Russian 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, 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 |
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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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