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Venezuela buying Russian tanks, armored vehicles
Caracas (AFP) Oct 16, 2008Venezuela is buying more Russian weapons, including armored personnel carriers and tanks, to replace aging ordnance and to improve the country's security and defense capabilities, a top military commander said Thursday. "We could be talking about 100 to 500 tanks. Right now it's impossible to know ... because strategic research studies are still underway (and) we're still negotiating," ... more Outside View: Greeks buy Russian Weapons 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 16, 2008 On Oct. 11, Defendory 2008, the world's longest-running tri-service defense exhibition, involving about 500 companies from 40 countries, ended in Athens. Russia's Almaz-Antey Air-Defense Concern, Kurgan Engineering Plant, Tula Instrument Design Bureau, the Omsk-based Popov Radio Plant Production Association, Sukhoi Corp., Mikoyan-Gurevich -- MiG -- Corp., Russian Helicopters and many ... more BMD Watch: Russia extends ABMs to Belarus 
Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2008 Russia is going to extend its anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system to integrate it with that of the neighboring former Soviet republic of Belarus. The two countries will formally seal their new air defense treaty on Nov. 2, RIA Novosti reported Oct. 8. In many respects, the agreement comes as no surprise. Hard-line Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ... more Analysis: EU not ready to forgive Russia 
Berlin (UPI) Oct 16, 2008 The European Union remains disunited over its diplomatic course toward Russia. EU leaders during a summit in Brussels were not able to find a joint position on when to resume official talks with Russia for a new partnership and cooperation agreement. They delayed the decision to Nov. 10, four days before an EU-Russia summit in Nice, France. A new agreement is long overdue to ... more Swords and Shields: Russia shields Syria 
Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2008 Until Russia can revitalize its naval forces to a much larger degree, its deployments to the Mediterranean contribute more to symbolic and diplomatic activity than being a viable military counterweight to NATO in the region. Yet the Black Sea Fleet in the Med is a significant show of force and a diplomatic irritant and a potential threat to shipping in the Suez Canal and to America's ally ... more |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (RIA Novosti) Oct 16, 2008Argentina is seeking to buy Russian helicopters and send an astronaut into space, the Russian Security Council secretary said during his visit to the Latin American country. Nikolai Patrushev met Tuesday with the Argentine prime minister, foreign minister, defense minister and intelligence chief in Buenos Aires. A spokesman for Argentina's Defense Ministry said the parties had ... more 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 |
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Mission Control (RIA Novosti) Oct 15, 2008A Russian space tourist hopeful is to miss out on a trip to the stars in the autumn of 2009, with a Kazakh astronaut likely to take his place, a Russian space agency official said on Tuesday. Roscosmos announced in 2007 that businessman and politician, Vladimir Gruzdev, would become the country's first Russian space tourist, most likely in November 2009. "There is not yet an ... more Ukraine Budget Missing Over Two Billion Dollars From Arms Sales 
Kiev, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 15, 2008Only a small portion of revenues from Ukrainian arms exports in the last four years was passed on to the state budget, the former head of a parliamentary ad-hoc investigation commission said on Friday. "In the past four years, Ukraine exported over $2.5 billion in arms, but only about 1 billion hryvnias ($200 mln) was paid into our state budget. This is 12 times less," Valery Konovalyuk ... more Russian helicopter plans part two 
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
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