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Novosibirsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 10, 2008Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, has agreed to pay 100,000 rubles (about $4,000) in compensation to a villager in southwest Siberia after a rocket fragment fell on his land, the local administration said on Friday. Boris Urmatov, a shepherd in the Republic of Altai, earlier demanded 1 million rubles in compensation for the February 5 incident, when a three-and-a-half-meter (11 ft) fragment ... more US has no say in Kaliningrad missiles: Russia 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2008Russia's decision to deploy missiles in its western territory of Kaliningrad is an internal affair in which the United States has no say, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying Sunday. "I don't think the United States has any relation whatsoever to deployment of Russian systems on Russian territory," ITAR-TASS news agency quoted Lavrov as saying after talks with US Secretary of ... more Sub accident exposes Russian posturing: analysts 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2008The loss of 20 people in the Russian military's latest submarine accident is a humiliating blow as the country tries to flex its military muscle on the world stage, analysts said on Sunday. The accident aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine, in which victims were poisoned by a fire-fighting system, undermines the country's macho military stance and its increasingly ambitious defence in ... more Russian expert hints gas mask shortage raised submarine toll: report 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2008A Russian expert said Sunday that a lack of gas masks among too many untrained civilians may have elevated the death toll in a Sea of Japan nuclear submarine gas poisoning disaster, a news agency reported. Gennady Illaryonov, formerly a high-ranking naval captain and a specialist in maritime technology, told Ria Novosti that an over-reliance on automated procedures aboard the Nerpa potential ... more Rice, Lavrov hold direct talks on US-Russia relations 
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spent over an hour Saturday in direct talks covering the military superpowers' row over their respective missile defence plans. Rice and Lavrov spent about 80 minutes together at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, said spokesman Sean McCormack, where they are attending Middle East diplomatic Quartet talks with Israel and ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has announced plans to deploy missiles on the EU's doorstep in a warning shot to US president-elect Barack Obama and Washington's allies in central Europe. Just hours after Obama's election victory, Medvedev on Wednesday rounded on the United States for ills ranging from the global financial crisis to the recent war in Georgia in his debut ... more Russia's missile gambit could yet backfire: analysts 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Russia aims to curb Washington's defence shield ambitions by deploying missiles near Poland but the ploy could backfire and harden US president-elect Barack Obama's stance, analysts say. President Dmitry Medvedev's decision to set up Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad territory wedged between Poland and Lithuania -- announced just as Obama was elected -- immediately raised "serious worries ... more Russia's missile plan dents trust in Kremlin: Latvian president 
Riga (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Russia's plans to deploy missiles in its Baltic Sea territory will undermine trust in the Kremlin and hit regional security, Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers warned Thursday. "Any deployment of short-range missiles in Europe and the Baltic Sea region should be seen as a certain reduction of the level of trust," Zatlers told reporters. "This does not contribute either to better ... more Outside View: Obama bad news for Russia 
Paris (UPI) Nov 6, 2008 According to a widely held view, the election of Barack Obama is good news for Russia. The new U.S. president, the argument runs, will abandon the confrontational style of George W. Bush and adopt a more conciliatory line in foreign affairs, including in relations with Moscow. There is little doubt that the Bush presidency has been disastrous for both America and the world, and its end ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 06, 2008This year will be remembered for the Russian-Georgian conflict over South Ossetia and the protracted economic crisis. Moreover, it turns out that, if humankind wants to survive, it will soon have to colonize some other planet. A new report issued by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warns of the danger to future prosperity if the reckless over-consumption of the Earth's natural resources is ... more Russian leader blasts US, vows to deploy missiles near EU 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 5, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced plans Wednesday to deploy missiles on the EU's doorstep in a warning shot to US president-elect Barack Obama and Washington's allies in central Europe. Just hours after Obama's presidential election victory, Medvedev rounded on the United States for ills ranging from the global financial crisis to the recent war in Georgia in his debut state-of-the ... more NATO voices 'serious worries' about Russian missile plans 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 5, 2008NATO has "serious worries" about the compatibility of Russian plans to deploy missiles in a western Russian enclave with arm control "arrangements," an alliance spokesman said Wednesday. "We have seen the press reports on the statement of President (Dmitry) Medvedev regarding deployment of Iskander missiles to the Kaliningrad region," spokesman Robert Pszczel told AFP. "If confirmed, it ... more Russian missile proposal 'disappointing,' US says
Washington (AFP) Nov 5, 2008The United States said Wednesday that Russia's plan to deploy missiles in retaliation for a proposed US anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic is "disappointing." Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced the deployment of short-range missiles in an area of western Russia wedged between Lithuania and Poland, in response to US plans to site missile defense bases in eastern ... more
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