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No signs Russia will tear up arms control treaties: US
Washington (AFP) Aug 25, 2008The United States said Monday there were no indications Russia would renege on arms reduction pacts, such as the START I nuclear weapons treaty, following the conflict over Georgia but warned that such a move "will be crossing a new threshold." "We don't have any indication that the Russians plan to move away from agreements like the START treaty or Moscow treaty or the INF agreement," said ... more Russian official warns NATO transit to Afghanistan at risk 
London (AFP) Aug 26, 2008NATO should not be able to use Russian routes to transit supplies and equipment to Afghanistan because Russia has suspended military co-operation with the Western alliance, the country's ambassador to Kabul argued in an interview published Tuesday. Speaking to The Times from the Afghan capital, Zamir Kabulov said increased tensions between Russia and West over the former's recent assault on ... more Outside View: Black Sea row -- Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 Tensions over the Russian naval base at Sevastopol in the Ukrainian-controlled Crimean Peninsula have flared time and again since the breakup of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. The latest occasion has been provided by the recent conflict in South Ossetia, the Russian-backed secessionist region within the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko ... more NATO insists Russia ties depend on Georgia plan compliance 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 25, 2008NATO insisted Monday that its ties with Russia hinge on Moscow's compliance with a Georgian peace plan, after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned of a possible break in relations. "Our relationship will be judged by the Russian compliance with the peace plan," said Carmen Romero, spokeswoman for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. "We will continue to assess regularly the status ... more Analysis: EU-Russia crisis intensifies 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 After days of cautious warnings, the European Union over the weekend upped the pressure on Russia to withdraw all its troops from Georgian territory. The French government, currently holder of the rotating EU presidency, over the weekend called for an EU summit in Brussels on Sept. 1 to address the conflict in Georgia -- a sign that Europe is growing increasingly frustrated with Russia ... more |
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Lanarkshire, UK (SPX) Aug 25, 2008Space travel will become reality for people from all walks of life when Virgin Galactic launches its public flights into space. Elegant Resorts are the only company appointed by Virgin Galactic to sell this unique experience in the UK, Russia and CIS. Justine Pitt, Product Manager at Elegant Resorts, commented: "We have already experienced some amazing firsts with Virgin Galactic since ... more Russia Says NATO Using Aid As Cover As NATO Demands Pre-Conflict Positions 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 23, 2008A top Russian general accused NATO on Saturday of using humanitarian aid deliveries to Georgia as "cover" for a build-up of naval forces in the Black Sea. "Under the cover of needing to deliver humanitarian goods, NATO countries continue to boost their naval grouping," Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of general staff, told a news conference in Moscow. "In addition to the Spanish and ... more Outside View: Georgia's cyberwar 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 22, 2008 The Georgian-Ossetian war, which began overnight Aug. 8, is being conducted not only with tanks, cannons and aircraft, and not only with diplomacy and information attacks, but in cyberspace as well. Reflecting today's technology, the war instantly spread into cyberspace. Since the war's first day, the leading information and state agency Web sites in Russia and Georgia became the target ... more India Set To Ramp Up Air Force Part One 
Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 22, 2008 Within the next four months, a first batch of eight Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters will be positioned at India's Tezpur Air Base in the state of Assam, near the border with China, an Indian navy source has revealed. This is almost six months ahead of the timeline reported some time ago in the Indian media. This will be the first time for Su-30MKI fighters to be ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 The repercussions of Russia's reassertion of power within what it deems its "sphere of influence" in "the near abroad" continue to ripple throughout Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus. Washington's increasingly strident rhetoric over the Russian-Georgian conflict over South Ossetia is having repercussions from Prague through Warsaw to Kiev, as governments scramble to assess the fallout ... more Russia says Europe in new arms race 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 20, 2008Russia warned Wednesday that the signing of a US-Poland missile defence deal will fuel a new new arms race in Europe and beyond and that it could impact beyond the diplomatic sphere. An angry statement was released by the Russian foreign ministry soon after the deal was signed in Warsaw for a US missile defence shield to be set up in Poland and the Czech Republic. US Secretary of State ... more Putin vows 24 billion dollars for Russian hi-tech: report 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 20, 2008Russia is to invest 600 billion rubles (24.6 billion dollars, 16.7 billion euros) in hi-tech industries over two years, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. "We have never put this kind of money into this area," Putin was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. "Between 2008 and 2010 we expect to assign 600 billion rubles to various state hi-tech programs," he told the ... more NATO Dithering On Many Battlefields 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 20, 2008 NATO has decided to suspend formal talks with Russia -- a necessary step, observers say, but one that opens yet another front in addition to the many conflicts already weighing down the alliance. On Tuesday, after meeting for hours in Brussels, NATO ministers, in a two-page statement, said they were "considering seriously the implications of Russia's actions for the NATO-Russia relation ... more
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