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Russia sought to topple Georgian government: Polish president
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Poland's President Lech Kaczynski has alleged in an interview that Russia's military action in Georgia was aimed at toppling the Georgian government and that it sealed his country's decision to host a US missile shield vehemently opposed by Moscow. "First, Russia wanted to carry out an annexation of two provinces (Abkhazia, South Ossetia). Second, there was an attempt to topple the ... more Nuclear standoff, energy deals dominate Russia-SKorea summit 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Russia reaffirmed its opposition to North Korea's nuclear weapons programme in a summit with South Korea on Monday, as Moscow and Seoul concluded a pair of key energy deals. "Russia continues to support having a nuclear-free peninsula and seeks progress in the ongoing six-party talks," Medvedev said at a Kremlin press conference alongside South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. Lee, in ... more New European system must ensure security for all: Russian FM 
United Nations (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday made a new pitch for a system of collective European security that would ensure security for all. He said the current security architecture "proved to be insufficient and flawed," citing as evidence NATO's decade-long eastward expansion into former Soviet republics or allies and the recent Caucasus conflict. He told a press conference on ... more Conflict with Russia must not hurt Georgia's NATO hopes: US envoy 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Georgia's conflict with Russia cannot be allowed to damage Tbilisi's hopes of one day joining NATO, the US envoy to the military alliance said Monday. "That Russia invades Georgia shouldn't affect our thinking," Ambassador Kurt Volker said in a speech at the German Marshall Fund think-tank in Brussels. "What we have to look at is: is Georgia committed to developing a modern, democratic ... more Walker's World: Will the bailout work? 
Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2008 First, the good news. The tentative bailout reached in the early hours of Sunday morning by U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and congressional leaders could turn out to be America's best deal since William Seward bought Alaska from the Russian czar for $7.2 million back in 1867. The arithmetic of the $700 billion deal is very promising, and the terms, which include warrants for the ... more |
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Caracas (AFP) Sept 27, 2008Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's visit to China and Russia this week and the military and energy cooperation deals he signed put him on dangerous ground in his relations with the United States, political analysts said. "This trip shows he intends not only to break free of the US sphere of influence in matters of defense, but also to strike significant political links with the very powers ... more An African Arms Bazaar Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 26, 2008 China is actively operating in the African market because other leading arms exporters, including Russia, tend to neglect the region. But judging by the countries involved in Africa Aerospace and Defense-2008, this is not exactly so. Beijing also takes advantage of the fact that Africa cannot afford to buy expensive, high-tech equipment offered by Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Washington an ... more Venezuela wants to work with Russia on nuclear energy: Chavez 
Caracas (AFP) Sept 28, 2008Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he was interested in accepting Russia's offer of help in developing a civilian nuclear power program. "We certainly are interested in developing nucler energy, for peaceful ends of course -- for medical purposes and to generate electricity," he said. "Brazil has various nuclear reactors, as does Argentina," he added. "We will have ours as ... more Russia may sell S-300s to Iran 
Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2008 Russia is likely to sell even more of its most modern anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense systems to Iran, according to the head of the nation's main arms export corporation. The move looks certain to even further strain relations between Moscow and Washington that are already now as fraught as at any time since the darkest days of the Cold War. "Contacts between ... more |
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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 US telecoms satellite put into orbit: company 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 24, 2008The Russo-Ukrainian rocket Zenit on Wednesday put the US telecommunications satellite Galaxy-19 in orbit, Russia's space flights regulator said. "The Galaxy-19 satellite was launched at 0928 GMT and successfully put into orbit," the agency's spokesman Valeri Lyndine told AFP. The satellite, manufactured by the California-based firm of Space Systems/Loral, has a wide footprint covering ... more North Korea to restart key reprocessing plant: watchdog 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 24, 2008North Korea is preparing to restart a nuclear reprocessing plant used to make weapons-grade material as a crucial six-party disarmament-for-aid deal founders, the UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday. Amid growing differences over its denuclearisation pact with South Korea, the United States, Japan, China and Russia, the reclusive Stalinist state told the International Atomic Energy Agency it ... more
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