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Russian businessmen book spaceship rides: report
Moscow (AFP) June 23, 2008A Russian businessman has paid 200,000 dollars to take his parents miles above Earth on a ride in a space ship, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. "When I told my mother we were going to fly in space, she asked me just one question: 'When?'," the man, Igor Kutsenko, was quoted as saying. He bought the tickets (worth 130,000 euros) to take his parents and a friend. "We booked a ... more Russia Faces Melting Ice Menace At Critical Facilities 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 23, 2008 Global warming could deal destructive blows to Russia's defense infrastructure over the next 22 years, a top official said in Moscow last week. Defense infrastructure, including key airfields, oil storage facilities and strategic oil reservoirs, could all be destroyed if the hard permafrost covering the ground year-round across Russia's far north melts by 2030, Russia's ... more Russia Delivers Six Attack Helicopters To Helos Indonesia 
Washington (UPI) Jun 23, 2008Indonesia will take delivery of six Russian-built Mi-35 Hind attack helicopters next month as part of the $1 billion deal it signed with the Kremlin last year. Indonesia's Antara news agency reported Wednesday that delivery of the six helicopters was coming soon. RIA Novosti cited Nikolai Kireyev, director of the Russian national weapons exporting corporation Rosoboronexport, Jakarta ... more 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 |
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Fort Lee NJ (SPX) Jun 19, 2008Orbcomm has announced that it intends to launch six satellites; the Coast Guard Concept Demonstration satellite and five Quick Launch satellites on June 19, 2008 from the Russian Kapustin Yar launch facility at approximately 2:30 am (EDT). The satellites have completed all required inspections, functional testing, fueling and integration onto the launch vehicle adapter. The satellite ... more Outside View: Nuke weapons cleanup 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 18, 2008 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has granted Russia more than 70 million euros for disposing of scrapped nuclear ships and submarines moored at naval bases in Russia's northwest. Russia's state nuclear corporation -- Rosatom -- and the EBRD signed four relevant agreements on June 5. The EBRD is managing the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership ... more US Plans To Neutralize Russian Nuclear Weapons By 2012-2015 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 19, 2008U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in his address to officers at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia that Russia was focused on strengthening its nuclear capabilities rather than building up its regular armed forces, which makes maintaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal increasingly important. The two nuclear superpowers may be building up their nuclear capabilities, but no reasonable ... more Russian Premier Urges Stable Power Supply After UES Reform 
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 |
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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
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