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Extremist groups continue to seek nuclear weapons: US official
Madrid (AFP) June 17, 2008Extremist groups continue to actively seek nuclear weapons, a senior US official said Tuesday during a meeting in Spain of a US-Russian initiative to fight nuclear terrorism. "Combating nuclear terrorism is especially important today," US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control John Rood told a news conference. "Regretably we continue to see indications in the United States from ... more Russia May Help Britain Scrap Nuclear Submarines 
St. Petersburg, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 18, 2008Russia's Zvezdochka shipyard in the town of Severodvinsk on the Barents Sea could scrap Britain's decommissioned nuclear submarines, a company official said on Monday. At present, the U.K. does not have the facilities to reprocess nuclear components left on board at least 11 decommissioned vessels and is forced to store the submarines afloat indefinitely. The Russian company, which ... more Russia Defense Watch: Crimea fleet stays 
Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2008 A change of presidents has not softened Russia's determination to hold on to its historic Black Sea naval facilities in the historic fortress-port of Sevastopol. Russia's deputy prime minister and former defense minister, Sergei Ivanov, pledged Friday that the Kremlin would continue to base its Black Sea fleet in the city and ignore any Ukrainian protests and pressure to try ... more Russian Navy To Expand Presence In Arctic, Atlantic And Pacific 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 18, 2008Russia's Defense Ministry is planning to expand the presence of the Russian Navy in the world's oceans and extend the operational radius of submarines deployed with the Northern Fleet, a high-ranking military official said on Tuesday. "The summer training program [running from June 1 to December 1] envisions the increased presence of the Russian Navy, not only in the Atlantic, but also in ... more Gazprom To Invest Up To 420 billion Dollars In Projects By 2020 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 18, 2008Russian energy giant Gazprom intends to invest between 8 and 10 trillion rubles ($338-422 billion) in a range of projects between 2009 and 2020, a company spokesman said on Monday. "According to our forecasts, investment will be between eight and ten trillion rubles by 2020, and annual investment is estimated at some 700 billion rubles," Sergei Pankratov, the head of Gazprom's further ... more |
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Okinawa, Japan (UPI) Jun 15, 2008 The Japanese hosts of the first-ever science and technology summit under the Group of Eight banner say climate change is at the top of its agenda. The Sunday meeting in Okinawa gathered together the science ministers or their proxies from Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the United States and the European Union in Nago and concentrated on advancing cooperation in ... more Will Piracy Never Be Sunk 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 17, 2008The ongoing hijacking of ships off the Somalia coast long ago became a routine part of maritime life in the Arabian Sea. One of the most recent incidents was the seizure of the tanker Amiya Scan, which is owned by Dutch company Reider Shipping. Pirates are still holding the crew consisting of four Russian officers (including the captain) and five Filipino sailors hostage. But the Amiya ... more US envoy says no 'G8 solution' to climate change 
Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2008The US ambassador to Japan voiced doubt Monday on whether the upcoming Group of Eight summit would take action on climate change, saying that any solution must also involve developing nations. Host Japan has expressed hope that the July 7-9 summit of the Group of Eight (G8) rich nations -- Britain, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States -- will help shape ... more Gazprom, Chinese oil firms eye Nigeria's Ogoniland: report 
Lagos (AFP) June 16, 2008Russian gas giant Gazprom and several Chinese companies are interested in replacing Royal Dutch Shell in the Ogoniland region of the Niger Delta following the Nigerian government's decision to award the oil fields to another company, the daily This Day reported Monday. Shell abandoned the fields, which hold proven reserves of over 10 trillion cubic metres of gas, 15 years ago after its ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 13, 2008Russia is set to launch its first weather satellite, Meteor-M1, in the fourth quarter of 2008, the satellite's manufacturer said on Wednesday. Russia currently has no weather satellites and gets its information from foreign sources. The Russian state research and development company VNIIEM said its specialists had assembled the satellite and launched "the final stage of complex tests ... more The Sino-Russia Il-76 Row 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 For some time, military cooperation between China and Russia has been stalled over a failed deal involving China's import of Russian Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft. China claims that Russia violated the terms of an agreement involving the sale of 38 aircraft. But Russia says this claim is unfair. Negotiations on the aircraft deal began seven years ago. By the time the contract was ... more Russia Defense Watch: Flexing Arctic power 
Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2008 Russian President-turned-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has wasted no time in launching the next stage of his drive to restructure and revive the long-troubled Russian defense industry. Still settling into his second stint as Russia's prime minister -- the first was in the fall of 1999 -- Putin Tuesday announced that long-term contracts and establishing a stable price base ... more Russia Destroys 20 Ballistic Missiles In 2008 Under START Treaty 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 12, 2008Russia has destroyed and sent for scrap about 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and 12 mobile missile launchers since the start of 2008, the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) said on Monday. "Since January 2008, the SMF have destroyed and sent for scrap about 20 ICBMs whose service life has expired," the SMF said in a statement, adding the missiles were scrapped as part of the ... more
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