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Soyuz Lands In Kazakhstan With Two Russian cosmonauts And Tourist
Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2008A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott, the world's sixth space tourist, and two Russian cosmonauts, landed in Kazakhstan as scheduled, the Russian mission control center said early Friday. "The team reported that they felt fine," the mission control's spokesman Valery Lyndin told AFP, adding that a helicopter accompanied the capsule as it landed. ... more Outside View: Russia's new army structure 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 23, 2008 The Russian army is changing. In addition to troop-size reduction, yet another reform is aimed at fundamentally changing personnel composition and structure, especially within the ground forces. Until now, despite all recent reforms and cutbacks, the Russian armed forces largely remained a scaled-down version of the Soviet army, which was supposed to lead a full-scale war preceded by a ... more Georgia says Russia massing troops in South Ossetia 
Tbilisi (AFP) Oct 23, 2008Georgia on Thursday said Russia was deploying an additional 2,000 troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia and said it was "deeply concerned" by the move. "During the last two weeks, 2,000 additional Russian troops have been deployed in South Ossetia," interior ministry Spokesman Shota Utiashvili told AFP. "The total number of Russian troops in South Ossetia is now up to 7,000." ... more Uranium shipment arrives safely in Russia: Slovenia 
Ljubljana (AFP) Oct 23, 2008Slovenia said Thursday that a large load of processed uranium from Hungary had arrived without incident in Russia after passing safely through Slovenian territory. "The shipment safely arrived on October 22 to its destination: the nuclear facility of Mayak, in Russia," the environment ministry said in a statement published on its website. Transportation of the waste -- which could be use ... more Russian minister says no oil pipeline to China in 2009: report 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 23, 2008A partially built Russian oil pipeline to Asia will not be connected to China in 2009, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday, citing Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko. "There is no way. It cannot be put into operation next year," Interfax quoted Shmatko as saying when asked if a spur would be built from the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline to the Chinese border in 2009 ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 22, 2008 Russia's front-line long-range strategic nuclear bombers have carried out a new series of major weeklong exercises, the Russian air force announced last week. The operations were carried out within the framework of the Stability-2008 strategic command and staff exercises, from Oct. 6-12 under the command of three-star Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, the commander in chief of the ... more US updating military plans after Georgia conflict: Mullen 
Vilnius (AFP) Oct 22, 2008The United States is updating its plans to defend Baltic allies against attack, its military chief said Wednesday, calling Russia's invasion of Georgia a "stark reminder" of NATO's responsibilities. Admiral Michael Mullen said the updated planning, coupled with more exercises, were needed to ensure NATO is prepared to stand behind its charter commitment to come to the defence of any member ... more Russia To Build Second Missile Frigate For Indian Navy By March 
Kaliningrad, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 23, 2008A Russian shipyard said on Thursday it would complete the construction of the second of three missile frigates for the Indian Navy by March 2009. The Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad said the second Project 11356 frigate was more than 50% complete. India and Russia signed a $1.6 billion contract for the construction of an additional three Project 11356 Krivak ... more Outside View: China's silent dominance 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 21, 2008 Chairman Mao Zedong can finally rest easy in his grave. His country has now become the dominant partner in the Sino-Russian relationship, a complete reversal of the past. Since the 1930s Mao had a tense relationship with the Russians, largely because of their view that China and the Chinese Communist Party were in a subordinate position to their Soviet counterparts. Although Soviet ... more |
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Zheleznogorsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2008Russia may decide to create a state corporation for the rocket and space industry next year, a deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. Sergei Ivanov said that "all relevant departments have been instructed to develop this issue and present their well-considered proposals in 2009." Russian Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov said in turn that establishing a state corporation would help ... more Brazil hopes to launch satellite rocket in 2011: report 
Brasilia (AFP) Oct 21, 2008Brazil hopes to have a basic version of a satellite transport rocket blasting off from its territory in 2011 after successful tests of one of the vehicle's engines this week, a report said. The information, given by the G1 news website run by the Globo news group, confirms Brazil's ambitions to join China and Russia as a top emerging economy with its own space program. The Brazilian Space ... more World will tremble if Pakistan falls 
Washington (UPI) Oct 21, 2008 The global financial crisis is close to knocking out its most important and potentially most dangerous victim yet: Pakistan needs a financial support package of $10 billion to $15 billion to avoid collapse. The stakes could not be higher: With a rapidly increasing population of more than 150 million -- larger than that of Russia -- Pakistan is also the world's only Muslim nuclear power. ... more Russia May Revive Yemeni Naval Base 
Washington (UPI) Oct 21, 2008 After sending naval combat squadrons to Syria and Venezuela, Russia is now moving to revive its Cold War, Soviet-era naval presence in Yemen. Sergei Mironov, speaker of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, said Yemen and its main port of Aden could become a center for the Russian navy to fulfill "strategic goals" in the coming years. ... more
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