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Russian Astronauts Complete Second Spacewalk
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 17, 2008Two Russian astronauts on the International Space Station successfully completed a six-hour spacewalk, Russia's mission control said on Wednesday. This was the second spacewalk in a week for commander Sergei Volkov and flight engineer Oleg Kononenko, who successfully fitted a docking target to the Zvezda module to allow a Russian research lab, scheduled for delivery next year, to be ... more Russian Army Officers Visit Mountain Combat Center In India 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 17, 2008A delegation of Russian Ground Forces officers will learn about training troops for mountain warfare during a two-week trip to India that started on Monday, a spokesman for the Russian military said. Deputy commander Lt. Gen. Valery Yevnevich, along with officers from Russia's mountain brigades and the Far Eastern Military Command officer training school, will visit a training center in ... more Russia Defense Watch: Flexing arctic power 
Washington (UPI) Jul 15, 2008 Russia has taken another significant step in building up its military presence at the top of the world. The Russian navy announced Monday it was sending two warships to patrol the waters around the Norwegian-owned islands of Spitsbergen, RIA Novosti reported. The move was a forthright one that could cause diplomatic tension ... more Outside View: Nuke sub disposal -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 16, 2008 Russia's main partners in the process of dismantling old Soviet navy nuclear submarines are Britain, Germany, Norway, Sweden and France. The program was supported by the Northern Dimension fund, the TACIS program -- an EU program for technical assistance -- and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Today Russia has agreements with the United States, Canada, Italy and Japan. Rosatom ... more Russia's Uranium Breakthrough 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 17, 2008Russia has overtaken Niger to become the world's fourth largest uranium producer, after Canada, Australia, and Kazakhstan. Russia received its new rating in 2007, when it produced 3,527 tons of uranium. It has ambitious plans to mover even further up the league, based on promising deposits in Eastern Siberia and other regions, and opportunities for mutually advantageous cooperation with ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) July 15, 2008Saudi Arabia has offered to buy Russian arms worth 2.4 billion dollars (1.5 billion euros) if Moscow stops supporting Iran, a Russian newspaper reported Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources. "The kingdom's government advised Moscow to cut back its cooperation with Tehran, and in exchange it held out the prospect of profitable contracts with Saudi Arabia," the daily business newspaper ... more Russian opposition to missile defense unjustified: US general 
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2008A top US general hit out Tuesday against what he said were "increasingly aggressive" statements by Russia against US plans for missile defenses in Europe. Lieutenant General Henry Obering reiterated that the plan to put a radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland was aimed at countering a growing Iranian missile threat, not at Russia. "When they make increasingly ... more Russia to 'neutralise' US missile defence threat: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 14, 2008Russia's military is ready to "neutralise" any threat to its nuclear deterrent from US missile defence sites in Europe, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said Monday, according to Interfax news agency. "If we see the development of systems that could reduce our deterrent potential, our military will have to take steps to neutralise the threat," Kislyak was quoted as saying at a briefing ... more Russian navy boosts combat presence in Arctic 
Moscow (AFP) July 14, 2008The Russian Navy on Monday said it was boosting its combat presence in the Arctic, including near the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, amid increased international interest in the region. "The Russian Navy has restored the presence of combat ships of the Northern Fleet in the Arctic region, including in the region of Spitsbergen," the Navy said in a statement. Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo ... more |
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Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jul 14, 2008ICP Solar Technologies has announced new contracts with Pro Sport, a major Automotive distributor in Russia and Ukraine. Pro Sport is one of the leading distributors, which offers the largest selection of Auto and Car parts of the Russian and Ukrainian Automotive After market. "The Eastern population is becoming more and more interested in worldwide brands. Plug and play solar charge ... more ISS cosmonauts make risky spacewalk for repairs 
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2008Two Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station spent six hours in space Wednesday to retrieve an explosive bolt believed the cause of the Soyuz spacecraft's dangerously high-speed descent and landing on two recent missions, NASA said. While US flight engineer Greg Chamitoff monitored the spacewalk from inside the Soyuz capsule, ISS Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg ... more How To Deal With Asteroid Terrorism 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 14, 2008If we, people living on Earth, are unlucky, then Apophis, a 390-meter asteroid flying toward the Earth, "will smack right into us in 2036," according to Andrei Filkenshtein, a Russian astronomer from St Petersburg. But if we are lucky, the asteroid, already dubbed a space terrorist, will fly by at a distance of 40,000 km, the orbit of a communications satellite, in 2029. Reading teal ... more Russian Air Defense Woes A Growing Concern 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 11, 2008 The discussion among highly placed Russian generals in early July of creating a Joint Commonwealth of Independent States Air-Defense System is good news. However, it would be more appropriate to assess the state of Russia's air defenses and to choose an optimal system with up-to-date weapons. In late June Lt. Gen. Anatoly Boyarintsev, commander of the Russian air force's radio engineer ... more
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