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Russia says will complete Iran nuclear plant
Tehran (AFP) Sept 2, 2008The Russian company building Iran's first nuclear power plant has renewed a commitment to complete the project, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. Russia, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, is building the plant at Bushehr on the Gulf coast of Iran despite a long-running standoff over Tehran's controversial nuclear drive. A visiting delegation ... more Russia-NATO: Return Of The Great Game 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 03, 2008After the breakup of the Soviet Union, many intellectuals in Russia and the West announced "the end of history." It seemed that the United States' complete domination of the world was not disputed by anyone. The subsequent decade, during which Russia lost its foreign policy positions, and its former satellites and even provinces became U.S. and NATO allies, seemed to have buttressed this ... more Outside View: Russia's war -- Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 2, 2008 Russia has completed its "peace enforcement" operation on the territory of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Georgia. The country's political leaders and military commanders have announced that they are withdrawing troops from the conflict zone. It is still too soon to speak about an end to the conflict between the former Soviet republic of Georgia and the unrecognized republics of South ... more Russia Could Destroy NATO Ships In Black Sea Within 20 Minutes 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 03, 2008Russia's Black Sea Fleet is capable of destroying NATO's naval strike group currently deployed in the sea within 20 minutes, a former fleet commander said on Friday. Russia's General Staff said on Tuesday there were 10 NATO ships in the Black Sea - three U.S. warships, the Polish frigate General Pulaski, the German frigate FGS Lubeck, and the Spanish guided missile frigate Admiral Juan de ... more Defense Focus: T-72s pack punch -- Part Two 
Washington (UPI) Sep 2, 2008 The success of the Russian military operation in Georgia and the effective use of older weapons systems like the venerable T-72 there should remind Western political leaders and their advisers of several hoary old principles of war. First, obsolete weapons are as good as supposedly state-of-the-art ones when you have them and your opponent does not. Second, military power is ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) Sep 2, 2008 EU leaders condemned Russia's military moves in Georgia but decided against sanctions Monday at an emergency summit on the Caucasus crisis. Leaders did, however, postpone talks on a long-overdue new partnership agreement with Russia until Moscow withdraws its troops from Georgian territory. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was leading the summit, said he and his colleagues " ... more Russia warns Australia against scrapping uranium deal: report 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Any decision by Australia to scrap a deal to sell uranium to Russia to protest its action in Georgia would be "politically biased" and economically harmful, Moscow's envoy to Canberra has reportedly warned. Fairfax newspapers on Tuesday quoted Ambassador Alexander Blokhin, as issuing the caution a day after Australia's foreign minister said Canberra was reconsidering whether to ratify a 2007 ... more Russian bombers again cloud skies in Europe's far north 
Bodoe Airbase, Norway (AFP) Sept 1, 2008In scenes reminiscent of the Cold War, Russian bombers have returned to the skies in Europe's far north after years of absence, putting NATO's jet fighters on alert once again. At the Bodoe airbase, above the Arctic circle, two F-16s are always on call, ready to take off in less than 15 minutes for stand-offs with surprise visitors from Norway's eastern neighbour. "We have noticed a ... more Russia calls for Georgia arms embargo 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 1, 2008An embargo on weapons sales to Georgia should be imposed to avert another conflict in the region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. "For starters, it would be correct to impose an embargo on delivery of arms to that regime, until another government turns Georgia into a normal state," Lavrov said in a speech to university students. He said Russia would continue to take ... more |
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Sep 01, 2008On 29 August 2008 at 09:15 CEST (13:15 local time) the RapidEye satellite fleet launched successfully on a DNEPR-1 launch vehicle from Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan. The five identical Earth observation satellites provide data from space for commercial use. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has supported the German company RapidEye AG, based in Brandenburg, at a level of 15 million euros. ... more China cannot back Russia in Georgia crisis: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2008China will not endorse Russia in its battle with the West over the Georgia crisis but cannot say so publicly for fear of upsetting Moscow, political analysts say. Since the Georgia crisis began -- culminating in Moscow recognising the independence of two secessionist regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia -- China's reaction has been subdued. It has expressed concern over the issue but has ... more NATO Has No Moral Right To Judge As Putin Assails US Over Georgia 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 29, 2008NATO has repeatedly ignored the United Nations and international law and has "no moral right" to judge Russia for its decision to recognise two rebel Georgian regions, the Russian foreign ministry said Friday. "In recent years, NATO has on several occasions, demonstratively, ignored the UN charter and other norms of international law," foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said. ... more Russian Incursion Could Speed NATO Integration As Finland Eyes Membership 
Bled, Slovenia (AFP) Aug 30, 2008Russia's incursion into Georgia could speed up the integration of the former Soviet republic into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Georgian vice prime minister Giorgi Baramidze said Saturday. "I would not be surprised if this (integration) process would be going even quicker," following Russia's decision to send troops into the rebel Georgian region of South Ossetia, Baramidze ... more
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