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Russia grants Venezuela billion dollars to buy arms
Moscow (AFP) Sept 25, 2008Russia is lending one billion dollars (682 million euros) to Venezuela to buy Russian arms, the Kremlin said Thursday, ahead of a visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "Russia has taken the decision to grant Venezuela a credit of one billion dollars for implementing programmes in the field of military-technical cooperation," it said in a statement, using diplomatic jargon for arms sales ... more Russian agents seek to influence Czechs on US radar: intel report 
Prague (AFP) Sept 25, 2008Russian agents are working to build opposition among the Czech public to the deployment of a US missile defence radar in the ex-Soviet bloc nation, a Czech intelligence report said Thursday. The annual report from the Czech Security and Intelligence Service (BIS) spoke of "active measures linked to the plan to install elements of American anti-missile defence" in Czech territory. ... more US seems at a loss over NKorean nuclear defiance 
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2008The United States consulted Wednesday with its Asian and Russian negotiating partners even as it seemed at a loss over how to deal with North Korea's defiance of a landmark nuclear disarmament deal. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that North Korea had kicked out its inspectors from the Yongbyon nuclear plant, removed its surveillance equipment there, and planned to reintro ... more Russia may launch nuclear cooperation with Venezuela: Putin 
Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia (AFP) Sept 25, 2008Russia may launch nuclear energy cooperation with Venezuela, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday during talks with the country's fiercely anti-US leader Hugo Chavez. "We are ready to consider a possibility of cooperation in using nuclear energy," Putin said. Putin also noted "development of our ties in all spheres," with "new possibilities in energy, high-tech, machine co ... more Analysis: A cold winter in Central Asia 
Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2008 When the Soviet Union sundered apart 17 years ago, 15 new nations emerged. The former Soviet republics that are doing best are those that either have integrated with the European Union (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) or have substantial hydrocarbon reserves -- Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Energy resources do not necessarily translate into foreign currency reserves, however, most n ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2008France still hopes the six world powers leading an international response to Iran's nuclear programme will meet this week, despite Russian reluctance, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. Paris had earlier called for foreign ministers from Britain, China, Germany, Russia and the United States to meet along with France on the sidelines of this week's United Nations General Assembly in New ... more Examining Georgia With Hindsight Part Three 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 24, 2008 The Georgian Defense Ministry reports fewer than 300 Georgian soldiers killed in the five-day conflict with Russia in the Caucasus last month, although other sources have more realistic figures: 1,000 to 1,500. Several Georgian battalions were destroyed entirely. It is hard to estimate Georgia's loss of equipment. According to various estimates, around 50 machines were destroyed in ... more Russia To Set New Border Line In The Arctic 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 24, 2008Recent discussions about national geopolitical concerns and spheres of interest have predictably reached the issue of Russia's northern border. President Dmitry Medvedev set the task of formalizing Russia's right to a considerable part of the Arctic shelf at the September 17 meeting of the country's Security Council. This will "turn the Arctic into Russia's resource base of the 21st ... more Outside View: Chavez on oil tour 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 24, 2008 When asked why he did not go to the current U.N. General Assembly session this week in New York, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told journalists at Beijing airport Tuesday it was far more important to be in the Chinese capital. "The United States is on the decline, while China and Russia continue to develop," said the Venezuelan leader, who will pay a brief visit to Moscow Sept. 26 ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 24, 2008Russia is negotiating with Cuba and Venezuela on the joint use of Russia's Glonass navigation satellites, the head of the federal space agency said on Tuesday. "I have just returned from a working visit to Cuba. They are very interested in cooperating with us in the use of the Glonass system, which will cover the globe by 2010," Roscosmos chief Anatoly Perminov told reporters in Moscow. ... more Examining Georgia With Hindsight Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 23, 2008 It is important to remember that throughout the Russian army's Aug. 8-12 operations in Georgia, Russian forces were restricted by a series of political commitments that prevented them from using heavy weapons in populated areas and greatly limited their counter-fire activities. Russian aircraft continued strikes on Georgia's military infrastructure until Aug. 12, making it impossible ... more Ahmadinejad vows to resist Western nuclear 'bullying' 
United Nations (AFP) Sept 23, 2008Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday promised to pursue nuclear technology despite Western "bullying," as Russia apparently scuppered a push for new sanctions against Tehran. Iran "will resist the bullying and has defended and will continue to defend its rights," Ahmadinejad said in a defiant speech to the UN General Assembly. In a clear reference to the United States and its ... more The US Has No Option But To Use Russia's Soyuz Craft 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 23, 2008After 2010, the United States will likely be unable to deliver its astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on its own. For several years Russia's Soyuz craft will remain the only vehicle available to do that, and the U.S. may find it hard to do without Russian cooperation. During Senate hearings on Wednesday, September 17, William Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political ... more
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