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Russia, US agree deal on Moscow arms for Afghanistan: ministers
Moscow (AFP) June 20, 2008Moscow and Washington have agreed a deal in principle over the supply of Russian weaponry to the Afghan army in its fight against the Taliban insurgency, senior diplomats announced in a statement Friday. The deal was signed in the Russian capital as part of the United States-Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG), although no immediate figures were put on any Russian supplies. ... more Russian leader says environment problems a security threat 
Moscow (AFP) June 21, 2008Russia's environmental problems are a threat to national security and could make parts of the country uninhabitable within 30 years, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday. On a televised visit to Saint Petersburg, the Russian leader said that after post-Soviet hardship in the 1990s it was time to turn to environmental questions. "Our country is in a threatened state. If we don't ... more Japan, Kazakhstan agree on energy cooperation 
Tokyo (AFP) June 20, 2008Japan and Kazakhstan on Friday agreed to increase energy cooperation between the world's second largest economy and the resource-rich central Asian nation. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and visiting Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev inked a joint statement agreeing on further cooperation including investment by Japanese companies in Kazakh energy projects. "The two governments ... more Russian Space Agency Backs US Asteroid Control Plan 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 20, 2008Russia's Federal Space Agency has endorsed a proposal by the U.S. House of Representatives that a Russian radar station be used to detect dangerous asteroids, Roscosmos head said on Thursday. "I generally approve and support the U.S. initiative," Anatoly Perminov said in a telephone interview with RIA Novosti. "As for the asteroid danger, it really exists, and needs to be dealt with ... more Russia Launches Six Birds For Orbcomm 
Fort Lee, NJ (SPX) Jun 20, 2008Orbcomm has seen six of its latest satellites, successfully launched from Kapustin Yar, Russia. The launch occurred at 2:36 AM EDT and the satellites have been successfully separated from the launch vehicle in the proper orbit. Each satellite is undergoing initial in-orbit testing and is expected to enter into commercial service within the next three months. The Coast Guard and five Quick ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 19, 2008Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged on Wednesday the provision of stable electric power supplies after Russia's electric power monopoly ceases to exist. The Unified Energy System of Russia (RAO UES) will cease to exist in July as part of a restructuring of the electricity industry. "During this period, it will be necessary to prevent a loss of control over the electric power ... more Russian Nuclear Agency Rejects Rumors Of Radiation Leaks 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 19, 2008Russian nuclear power agency Rosatom dismissed on Monday rumors circulating of a radioactive leak from two plants in northwest and south Russia. Bogus e-mail messages on June 15 said that there had been alleged radioactive leaks at the Leningrad nuclear power station, in northwest Russia, and the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant, in the south of the country, a spokesman for the company said. ... more Medvedev For Legal Action Over Failed Trans-Siberia Pipeline Firms 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 19, 2008Russia's president has called for legal action to be taken against those contractors who failed to meet their deadlines under a project to build an oil pipeline from East Siberia to the Pacific. Delays in the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline, an ambitious project designed to pump up to 1.6 million barrels of crude per day eastward to Russia's Far Eastern regions, China and Asia ... more Russia Starts Equipment Delivery For Kourou Space Center On July 10 
Samara, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 18, 2008A Russian rocket and space company has started preparing the equipment to be sent to the Kourou launch site in French Guiana, a spokesman for the Samara-based TsSKB Progress said on Monday. "The first vessel will set out from Vyborg [near St. Petersburg] with 105 containers of equipment provided by 18 Russian enterprises. All the equipment has been adapted to meet European standards," he ... more |
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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 Sakhalin II Operator Secures Project Financing 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 18, 2008Sakhalin Energy said on Monday it had signed a $5.3 billion deal to finance the 2nd phase of the Sakhalin II oil and gas project off Russia's Pacific Coast. Under the deal, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan's leading financial institution, will provide $3.7 billion for Sakhalin II. A consortium of international commercial banks will contribute an extra $1.6 billion ... more Ruble Could Be Regional Reserve Currency Within 5 Years 
Osaka, Japan (RIA Novosti) Jun 18, 2008The Russian ruble could become a regional reserve currency within the next five years, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Friday. Speaking to reporters in Osaka on the sidelines of a Group of Eight finance ministers' meeting, Kudrin said the Russian national currency has already begun to play the role of a reserve currency in certain states. President Dmitry Medvedev said last we ... more
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