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Russia To Sell Six Multi Launch Rocket Systems To Turkmenistan
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2008Turkmenistan has signed a $70 million contract with Russia to buy six Smerch multi launch rocket systems (MLRS), a Russian business daily said on Tuesday. Kommersant said that under the contract, the first major military-technical deal with Ashgabat in the past decade, the Smerch manufacturer, OAO Motovilikhinskiye Zavody, will deliver the first two systems before the end of this year and ... more Medvedev Says Vital To Make Ruble Into Regional Reserve Currency 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that turning the Russian ruble into a regional reserve currency was an important strategic objective. "In a period of global financial instability, we need to press ahead with the strategic objective of making the ruble one of the regional [reserve] currencies," the president said at a meeting with the chairman of Russia's state-run VTB ... more Most Russians Believe Global Warming Is Real 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2008Most Russians believe global warming is a reality, according to a poll conducted on June 14-15 by the Public Opinion foundation. The poll said two thirds of respondents believe the climate has become warmer in recent years, while 86% of those polled "had heard about global warming occurring on the Earth." At the same time, 15% did not believe global warming was happening and 18% experience ... more Russia Investing In Nuclear Capabilities Not Regular Forces 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 25, 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in his recent 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 reas ... more 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 |
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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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