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Russia Begins Elbowing Ukraine Out From Brazil's Space Program
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2008"Germany, Brazil and Argentina have all expressed an interest in using the Ukrainian launch vehicle Cyclone-4 for orbiting their satellites," said Eduard Kuznetsov, deputy general director of Ukraine's National Space Agency. He said protocols were already drawn up for using it in 2011-2014. Indeed, the Cyclone-4 project is crucial for Ukraine's future. If the project proceeds, it ... more Russia To Address Militarization Of Space At UN General Assembly 
New York NY (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2008The demilitarization of space and preventing the glorification of Nazism will be top priorities for the Russian delegation at the UN General Assembly, Russia's envoy to the UN said. "For us, our draft resolution against militarization of space will be of particular importance," Vitaly Churkin said Tuesday as the 63d session of the General Assembly opened Tuesday at the UN headquarters in ... more Resupply spacecraft docks with International Space Station 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2008The Russian unmanned resupply spacecraft Progress M-65 docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday, four days late due to Hurricane Ike, the Interfax news agency reported. The three astronauts inside the space station will open the hatch of the expendable 2.5 tonne spacecraft -- which carries fuel, food, oxygen and other supplies -- on Thursday after its successful automatic ... more Russia Eyes Mediterranean As Alternative To Sevastopol Naval Base 
Sevastopol, Ukriane (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2008Russia could build up its presence in the Mediterranean to make up for the loss of its naval base in Ukraine's port of Sevastopol, a Black Sea Fleet official said on Monday. "Undoubtedly, the withdrawal [of the Black Sea Fleet] from the Crimea will affect Russia's security in the south. New bases in the Mediterranean Sea could make up for the departure," Rear Admiral Andrei Baranov said ... more Russia And The Next Phase Of Nuclear Doctrine Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 17, 2008 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has finished his visit to Warsaw. His talks with his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski, focused on the situation in the Caucasus and the planned deployment of 10 U.S. anti-ballistic missile interceptors at Redzikowo, near Slupsk in northern Poland. The Kremlin thinks the sole aim of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system in Europe is to ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 17, 2008NATO defence ministers are set to meet Thursday in London for talks overshadowed by Georgia's conflict with Russia and the effects it will have on the military alliance's future. "The discussion will revolve around the implications for NATO of the current security situation," NATO spokesman James Appathurai said Wednesday. "To see how NATO's on-going transformation will have to take (this) ... more Russia must set borders in oil-rich Arctic: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2008Russia must formally set its borders in the oil-rich Arctic region in the near future, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday amid an international race for the region's reserves. "We must wrap up all the formalities for drawing the external border in the continental shelf. This is our direct responsibility to future generations," Medvedev said at a Kremlin meeting of his national security ... more EU vows to help Vilnius reduce Russian energy dependence 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 17, 2008The European Commission on Wednesday promised to help Lithuania reduce its dependence on Russian energy supplies while not allowing it to keep its Soviet-era nuclear plant. EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso told visiting Lithuanian Prime Minister Gedimimas Kirkilas that Brussels would help Vilnius develop renewable energy sources and help make energy savings, notably with the help of ... more Russian Fleet May Go To Mediterranean 
Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2008 is stepping up its rhetoric about redeploying its Black Sea Fleet to the Mediterranean if Ukraine pushes ahead with plans to evict it from its home port base of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula. "Undoubtedly, the withdrawal (of the Black Sea Fleet) from the Crimea will affect Russia's security in the south. New bases in the Mediterranean Sea could make up for the ... more |
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Beijing (UPI) Sep 15, 2008 Since the beginning of June, the Russian stock market has plunged by 46 percent, China's Shanghai composite index has slumped by 38 percent, and the Brazilian market is down 34 percent. Worldwide, the global stock markets have lost some $9 trillion in value since the financial crisis began a year ago. Of the fabled BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) that were predicted to ... more Rosnanotech Aims For 157 Billion Dollars In Output By 2015 
Tel Aviv, Israel (RIA Novosti) Sep 16, 2008The Russian Rosnanotech state corporation said Friday it planned to increase its output to $157 billion by 2015, while Russia's share of the global nanotech market would swell by 30 times. The company's managing director Dmitry Lisenkov said in the past two years Rosnanotech has invested in two projects out of 618 that have applied for funding, accounting for around 1% of the 130 billion ... more New Impulse To Russian Rockets 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2008Russian space launch vehicles are winning even more popularity with potential customers, as domestic engine developers have managed to create a versatile re-useable liquid-propellant engine, bringing to life an old dream of the world's rocket engineers. The Energomash Science and Production Association has developed the new RD-191 rocket engine, meant to equip Angara advanced carrier rocket ... more Russian Water Detector To Ride Piggyback On U.S. Lunar Orbiter 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2008A Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND) has had the final touches added at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Russian probe has been sent to the United States to be installed on the American Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scheduled to be launched early in 2009. The aim of the mission is to map the Moon's surface. The task of the Russian device is ... more
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