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Russia's Police To Say Farewell To Kalashnikov Rifles
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 16, 2008Russian police are to replace the legendary Kalashnikov assault rifle and the Makarov pistol with Yarygin pistols and PP-2000 submachine guns, a senior Interior Ministry official said on Thursday. "All police officers are supposed to switch from the Makarov pistol to the Yarygin pistol, with Kalashnikov rifles to be replaced with PP-2000 or Vityaz submachine guns," said Lt. Gen. Mikhail ... more Swords and Shields: Russia's Med menace 
Washington (UPI) Oct 15, 2008 The Russian Federation is expanding its global power projection capability, starting with redeploying a part of the Black Sea Fleet to its Cold War hunting grounds in the Mediterranean. Returning to bases and anchorages in Syria and Libya is a top priority for the Russian admirals. During the Cold War era the Soviets emphasized interdicting Western aircraft carriers and nuclear submarine ... more Georgia accuses Russia of breaking ceasefire 
Tbilisi (AFP) Oct 15, 2008Georgia on Wednesday accused Russian forces of firing grenades at a police post and entering its airspace in violation of a European-brokered ceasefire. The accusations came amid chaotic attempts in Geneva to hold the first direct peace talks since the Russia-Georgia war in August. The Russian and Georgian delegations sat in different rooms without meeting face-to-face. Russian soldiers ... more Analysis: Venezuela buys Russian tanks 
Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Oct 15, 2008 In 2006 and 2007 Venezuela's air force purchased 36 Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30 "Flanker-C" fighters, of which 24 already are in service and the remaining 12 will be delivered before the end of 2009. However, President Hugo Chavez has also placed an order for 24 state-of-the-art Russian Sukhoi Su-35 "Flanker-E" fighters with delivery starting by 2010. After the U.S. State Department ... more Iran sanctions 'counterproductive,' says Russia's Lavrov 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 15, 2008Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Wednesday said unilateral sanctions against Iran would be "counterproductive" in efforts to force Tehran to suspend its sensitive nuclear fuel work. Russia is of the view that the "politics of adopting unilateral and anti-Iranian sanctions espoused by some countries is counterproductive," the ministry said in a statement. Lavrov articulated this ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Oct 14, 2008 Russian military operations against the former Soviet republic of Georgia in August have shown that communications and reconnaissance are the Russian army's weak spot. Therefore unmanned aerial vehicles should be rushed through the stages of development, pilot production and official approval. In the same vein, efforts will be stepped up to improve Russia's combat might in accordance wi ... more Russia gives territory to China, ending border dispute 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Russia ended a decades-old border dispute with China on Tuesday by giving it a stretch of river island territory in a ceremony symbolising the Cold War rivals' warming ties. Chinese and Russian flags were raised and new border markers erected as part of the handover at China's far northeastern tip near the Russian city of Khabarovsk, Interfax news agency reported. A Russian border guard ... more Russia To Cut Military Personnel To One Million By 2012 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 15, 2008Russia will cut military personnel numbers to 1 million by 2012, four years earlier than the initial target of 2016, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday. "It was planned that the Russian military would number 1 million by 2016," he told the press. "Our new task is to achieve this target by 2012." The number of officers will also be slashed to 150,000 by 2012 from the ... more Russia, North Korea to hold nuclear talks Wednesday 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Russia's foreign minister will meet his North Korean counterpart on Wednesday in Moscow to discuss a six-party disarmament pact on Pyongyang's nuclear programme, the ministry said. "Special attention will be paid to the situation in northeastern Asia, in particular to the six-party talks over the nuclear problem of the Korean peninsula," Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Oct 13, 2008 A hundred years ago, the two Breguet brothers from France, taking a leaf out of the book of the two Wright brothers from across the Channel, lifted off in their flying apparatus for the first time. This marked the birth of a vertical ascent plane. In Russia, it was Nikolai Kamov and Alexander Mil who designed helicopters. Kamov's company marks its 60 anniversary today. Mil's is a year ... more What Will Flight To Mars Reveal 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 13, 2008Deep space exploration is becoming an ever bigger part of national space programs. Currently, missions to the Moon and Mars are considered feasible. The U.S. has announced preparation for another space probe launch to collect data from the Martian atmosphere, scheduled for 2013. In Russia, Martian exploration is confined to ground tests so far. The project Mars-500, aimed at determining ... more Space station crew might not be expanded 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 11, 2008 Plans to add crew members to the International Space Station might be delayed, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Saturday. RIA Novosti reported the space agency is considering a boost the number of astronauts on the space station from three to six in 2009. "I doubt that the ISS crew will be increased to six people from next year because the final decision has ... more Outside View: Russia flexes Med sea power 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 A squadron comprising the nuclear-powered battle cruiser Peter the Great, the anti-submarine warfare -- ASW -- ship Admiral Chabanenko and two supply ships from the Russian navy's Northern Fleet recently entered the Mediterranean Sea. The squadron was joined there by the Russian Baltic Fleet's escort ship Neustrashimy ("Intrepid") and the Black Sea Fleet tanker Ivan Bubnov. ... more
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