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Russia slams US nuclear disarmament proposals: report
Moscow (AFP) July 6, 2008A senior Russian official has criticized the United States for offering only "empty proposals" on replacing the START I nuclear arms treaty, which expires next year, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday. Briefing journalists ahead of Monday's meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US counterpart George W. Bush at the G8 summit in Japan, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Serge ... more Outside View: Russian arms plans -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 It is easy to understand why Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said he is considering ending Russia's arms production cooperation with the former Soviet republic of Ukraine. Ukraine's uncertain policy, its possible membership in the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its anti-Russian rhetoric force Russian leadership to seek other options. But does Russia ... more Europe must end energy dependence on Russia: ex-IEA chief 
Paris (AFP) July 5, 2008The European Union should free itself from its dependence on Russian gas by developing renewable and nuclear energy, the former head of the International Energy Agency told EU ministers Saturday. "We need to give ourselves a flexibility that we are missing," Claude Mandil told the European bloc's 27 energy ministers at an informal meeting on the outskirts of Paris. "We need more energy ... more Russia seals agreement with private investor for space tourism 
Moscow (AFP) July 2, 2008The Russian space agency has sealed a deal with a private investor to build a Soyuz spacecraft specially for tourist hire and operational in 2011, a statement said Wednesday. "We have concluded an agreement with an investor to begin financing such a Soyuz vessel with an anticipated launch date of 2011," the Roskosmos website stated. The craft, piloted by a professional astronaut, is ... more NASA plans two ISS spacewalks next week 
Houston (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 The U.S. space agency has detailed the activities to be included during two International Space Station cosmonauts' spacewalks next week. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Expedition 17 Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko will conduct the first spacewalk July 10 from the Pirs docking compartment's airlock. As part of the inquiry into ballistic ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) has scheduled its next Proton Breeze M commercial mission for August 14 (August 13 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the launch of the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite. The satellite is scheduled to be shipped to Baikonur in early July for a six-week launch programme. The satellite, an EADS Astrium Eurostar 3000 model, will weigh approximately ... more Medvedev hails 'progress' in North Korean nuclear talks 
Moscow (AFP) July 3, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday hailed "progress" in resolving the North Koean nuclear crisis, in an interview with reporters from G8 countries. "There is progress. The international community naturally must not change its stance, we should create a system of positive motivation for our North Korean partners, help them," Medvedev said. "The decisions that were made recently ... more Analysis: Gazprom's expansion plans 
Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 At the height of the Cold War, the West feared the Soviet military. Now, it fears Russian energy companies, and the 800-pound gorilla of them all is Gazprom, Russia's natural gas monopoly, currently the world's third-largest company by capitalization. Having absorbed capitalism with a rapacity that would make Lenin blush, Gazprom does not intend to rest on its laurels. On June 27 Gazpro ... more Maverick scientists probe Siberian forest mystery 
Moscow (AFP) July 1, 2008Was it a gigantic meteorite? A tremendous bolt of lightning? Perhaps the crash of a UFO the size of Tokyo? No one is certain of the answer to one of the 20th century's greatest scientific mysteries -- the "Tunguska Event" 100 years ago this week. But a group of maverick Russian scientists gathered in Moscow this week left no doubt that they share a singular passion to find out what cause ... more |
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Moscow (RIA) Jun 27, 2008Russia successfully launched Friday a military satellite from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported. The Kosmos satellite was put into orbit by a Proton-K rocket, the Interfax news agency cited as saying the spokesman for the Russian military space forces, Alexei Zolotukhin. Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and the head of the military space force ... more Russian Military Strength To Drop To One Million By 2013 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 01, 2008The Russian armed forces will be slimmed down to 1 million personnel by 2013, three years earlier than previously planned, the defense minister said Monday. "We plan to do this by 2013," Anatoly Serdyukov said after meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev. He said that under the previously approved plan, the troop numbers were to have gone down to 1,100,000 personnel by 2011 and to ... more EU-Russia: Khanty-Mansiysk Engagement 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 01, 2008The European Union (EU) and Russia have been so slow in starting negotiations on regulating their new relationship that now they will talk about it in Siberia. As we know, Siberia is a land of opportunity. On June 26-27, the EU-Russia summit in Khanty-Mansiysk is expected to produce a decision on the start of negotiations on a new strategic cooperation agreement. The negotiations themselves ... more Russian Technologies On The Way To Becoming Super-Corporation 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 01, 2008It was announced on June 20 that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had signed a resolution transferring Russia's only authorized arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, to Russian Technologies corporation. The government also coordinated a draft presidential decree on transferring state-held shares in 480 other enterprises to the corporation. Russian Technologies is growing into an industrial behemoth ... more
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