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Putin's Dog Get Long-Promised Satellite Tracking Collar
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 20, 2008Russian Prime Minster Vladimir Putin's black Labrador, Connie, has been given a tracking collar linked to the Russian navigation satellite system Glonass, the government website said on Friday. Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System), Russia's equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), is designed for both military and civilian use and allows users to identify their ... more India sends warship to pirate-infested Gulf of Aden 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 17, 2008India is deploying one of its latest warships to the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia to protect its merchant vessels, officials said Friday. A "stealth frigate is being diverted to these waters," Indian navy spokesman Nirad Sinha said. The Russian-designed vessel can evade radar and is armed with guided missiles and cannons, naval officials said. The move comes afte ... more 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 |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 15, 2008 The August Russian-Georgian military conflict highlighted the vulnerability of Western-funded export routes through the Caucasus region for Caspian oil. Even before the confrontation effectively locked in Azeri crude, an explosion on Aug. 5 on the Turkish section of the 1,094-mile, $3.6 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, opened in May 2006, effectively closed the pipeline two days before ... more Analysis: Iran as energy transit route 
Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2008 One of the most pertinent aspects of the August military confrontation between Georgia and Russia was to highlight the vulnerability of Western energy exports transiting the Caucasian nation. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union it has been a key tenet of Washington's policy, in attempting to secure a foothold in the burgeoning development of Caspian hydrocarbon resources, that ... more Argentina Wants Russian Space Assistance 
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 |
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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 G8 leaders commit to crisis plan 
Washington (UPI) Oct 15, 2008 Group of Eight leaders issued a statement Wednesday saying they will work together to implement the G7 Plan of Action to support the global economy. The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain, the United States and the European Commission said they are united in their "commitment to fulfill our shared responsibility to resolve the current crisis, strengthen ... more Russian Space Tourist To Lose Out To Kazakh Astronaut 
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
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