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Russia's Medvedev says US arms sanctions 'short-sighted'
Moscow (AFP) Oct 28, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday slammed as "short-sighted" US sanctions on Russia's main arms firm over the alleged sale of sensitive military technologies to Iran. Rosoboronexport was one of 13 firms place on a US State Department's black list last week under the Iran, North Korea and Syria Non-Proliferation Act. "It is unfair competition, simply an attempt to cut off ... more Russia's New Nuclear Attack Submarine Starts Sea Trials 
Vladivostok, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2008The Amur shipyard in Russia's Far East said on Monday it had started sea trials of a newly built nuclear-powered attack submarine, which according to media reports may be leased to India. The construction of the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine started in 1991 but has been suspended for over a decade due to lack of funding. Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest ... more Russia, China sign landmark oil pipeline deal 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 28, 2008Russia and China on Tuesday signed a long-awaited deal to build an oil pipeline from Siberia to China after talks between Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The leaders watched as Chinese state energy major CNPC and Russian state pipeline monopoly Transneft signed the deal to build the pipeline from the Siberian town of Skovorodino to the Chinese border. ... more US space tourist remembers 'a beautiful ballet' 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 27, 2008US video game guru Richard Garriott, who completed a 30-million dollar trip to the International Space Station this month, said Monday that his flight to space was like "a beautiful ballet." "The launch of the Soyuz TMA-13 was like a beautiful ballet. Strong and confident but elegant," said Garriott, speaking alongside two Russian cosmonauts at the Star City space training camp near Moscow. ... more Keeping The Tu-95 Operational In The 21st Century 
Washington (UPI) Oct 27, 2008 Who could have imagined, when the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber first flew in 1951, that it would be one of the center pieces of Russia's nuclear war forces in the first decade of the 21st century, 57 years later? For the Tu-95MS (NATO designation Bear) was one of two centerpiece strategic bombers, along with the spectacular supersonic Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Oct 27, 2008The Russian authorities responsible for the Rockot launcher that shall carry ESA's GOCE Earth Explorer satellite into orbit have completed the investigation of a failure in the guidance and navigation system of the launcher's Upper Stage (Breeze KM). The anomaly was discovered during the spacecraft's launch preparation tests on 7 September 2008 in Plesetsk, which subsequently led to the ... more US sanctions firms for alleged sales of arms technology 
Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2008The United States has imposed sanctions on companies from China, Russia, Venezuela and other countries for allegedly violating its ban on sales of technology that could help Iran, Syria or North Korea develop sensitive weapons systems. The State Department announced in the Federal Register that "13 foreign persons," meaning companies, "engaged in activities that warrant imposition of ... more Aging Tu-95 Nuclear Missile Platform Offers New Strategic Threat 
Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2008 Russia's venerable Tupolev Tu-95 bomber is a gigantic, lumbering and slow behemoth that flies with turbine-driven propellers. It has an engine technology that the U.S. Air Force wouldn't be caught dead with since before 1950. So how come it now poses a formidable strategic threat to the United States and its NATO allies in the 21st century? The giant Tu-95 (NATO designation Bear) was on ... more Analysis: Russia, Europe and OPEC's oil 
Berlin (UPI) Oct 24, 2008 OPEC's decision to cut oil production to halt the free fall of prices is set to please Russia and trouble Europe. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries at an emergency meeting in Vienna on Friday decided to cut its oil production by 1.5 million barrels a day. The cartel's current production cap is at 28.8 million barrels a day. The measure is aimed at halting the ... more |
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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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