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Paris, France (ESA) Nov 11, 2008The crew selection for a simulated Mars mission moved a step closer to completion recently with ESA's last eight candidates being put through extensive medical screening in Moscow. Two of the European candidates will be chosen to join four Russian crew members on a 105-day study due to start in March next year. For 105 days, as part of a cooperative project between ESA's Directorate of ... more Kalashnikov turns 89, a 'happy man' for creating AK-47 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 10, 2008Legendary former Russian general Mikhail Kalashnikov, who celebrated his 89th birthday on Monday, said he was a "truly happy man" for having created the iconic assault rifle bearing his name. "I think I am a truly happy man. I created a weapon for the defence of my country and it continues to serve this cause and develop," Kalashnikov was quoted as saying by the Ria Novosti news agency. ... more Russian navy base mourns as deadly sub accident probed 
Vladivostok, Russia (AFP) Nov 10, 2008Russian investigators on Monday probed a deadly gas poisoning on a nuclear submarine destined for India, as the first service was held to mourn the 20 people who died in the accident. Navy top brass and government officials gathered in Bolshoi Kamen, a shipyard where the submarine was assembled and sailed from, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Russia's main Pacific naval base of ... more US And Russia Conduct Secret Research On New Nukes 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 10, 2008 There is a big difference between Russia and the United States in their nuclear testing policies. In 1996, Russia signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, ratifying it in 2000, while the United States rejected the CTBT and signed, ratified and has been observing only the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water. Legally ... more Ukraine, Indonesia Sign Space Cooperation Deal 
Kiev, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 10, 2008Ukraine and Indonesia have signed an intergovernmental space cooperation agreement, Unian news agency said, citing Ukraine's National Space Agency. Areas of cooperation will include space research, rocket technology, satellite launches, earth remote sensing, and other uses of space for peaceful purposes. "The agreement will create a legal framework for mutually beneficial cooperation ... more |
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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 Russian nuclear sub accident kills 20 
Vladivostok, Russia (AFP) Nov 9, 2008Twenty people died of gas poisoning and another 22 were injured in an accident on a Russian nuclear submarine in the Sea of Japan that revived memories of the Kursk submarine disaster in 2000. The submarine's nuclear reactor was not damaged and background radiation levels in the naval testing zone where the accident occurred were "normal," a naval spokesman said. "During sea trials of a ... more Analysis: Russia-Vietnam energy deals 
Washington (UPI) Nov 7, 2008 Thirty-three years after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam is never far from the American psyche, as witnessed during the presidential campaign. In a frisson of nostalgia for what might have been, U.S. oil companies can only note with regret the announcement last week by the Kremlin that in the wake of talks between the Russian and Vietnamese presidents, their governments have concluded an agreement ... more |
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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 Analysis: Gazprom Russian price increases 
Washington (UPI) Nov 6, 2008 One of the Bush administration's mantras toward its quavering European allies was to beware of increasing its imports of Russian natural gas, as it would only feed the ravenous coffers of the state monopoly Gazprom, Russia's largest company, which could be wielded in the future as a weapon by the Kremlin. What a difference a global recession makes. A mere four months ago Gazprom CEO ... more Russia to help in Vietnam civil nuclear program 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Russia wants to take part in Vietnam's planned nuclear energy program, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said Thursday following talks with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Hanoi. "We know that such plans were made in Vietnam, very daring and far-reaching plans. We hope that Russia will be among those who will work with Vietnam in this hi-tech area and continue the ... more
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