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Kazakhstan To Fund ISS Flight For Homegrown Astronaut
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2008A Kazakh national will fly to the International Space Station in October 2009 "on a commercial basis," the Russian space agency said on Monday. "The only way a Kazakh astronaut can fly to the ISS is as part of a Russian expedition on a commercial basis for a period of 10 days," Talgat Musabayev, head of Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, was quoted as saying by Roscosmos, the Russian ... more Proton Rocket With Canadian Satellite To Be Launched December 10 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2008The launch of a Proton-M rocket with a Ciel 2 Canadian telecommunications satellite on board has been scheduled for December 10 from the Baikonur space center which Russia leases from Kazakhstan. "By the end of November it is planned to prepare the rocket's three stages and the acceleration unit, as well as the payload fairing, the adapter system and the Ciel 2 spacecraft for subsequent as ... more Russia To Equip Five Brigades With Iskander Missile Systems By 2015 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2008At least five missile brigades deployed on Russia's western border will be equipped with new Iskander-M short-range missile systems by 2015, a Defense Ministry source said on Friday. "By 2015, the Iskander system will be put in service with five missile brigades, primarily near Russia's western border and in the Kaliningrad Region," the source said. Russia believes that the placement ... more Russia To Open Military Bases In Abkhazia, South Ossetia In 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2008Russia will open military bases in two Georgian breakaway republics, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, in 2009, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. The source said the ministry plans to open one base in Gudauta, in the west of Abkhazia, and another in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. Georgia attacked South Ossetia on August 7-8 in an attempt to regain control ... more Gadhafi Finds Lots Of Willing Sellers In Old Eastern Bloc 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 17, 2008 Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi does not know Russian President Dmitry Medvedev very well, but in April 2008 Vladimir Putin, then Russian president, visited Libya to remove the main obstacle to the development of bilateral relations. He wrote off Libya's $4.5 billion debt to the former Soviet Union in return for its pledge to sign new contracts with Russia. In Moscow earlier this month ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Nov 14, 2008 Russia is unlikely to get what it wants from Libya. Before Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi came to the Russian capital, Moscow, on a state visit last week, analysts thought he would sign military contracts worth between $2 billion and $4.5 billion with Russia. However, while the Kremlin staff was busy searching for a place to build a Bedouin tent for Gadhafi, the "son of the desert" ... more Tension With Russia Will Underline Obama Admin 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 13, 2008 A number of longstanding, minor but still contentious issues remain like anti-personnel mines planted on the path toward better relations between Russia and the United States under the incoming Obama administration. One such "mine" has been overshadowing Russian-American relations for more than 30 years. It is the notorious Jackson-Vanik Amendment. Few now remember that it was introduc ... more Russia Sells 12 Fighter Jets To Sudan; US Reacts Strongly 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 14, 2008Russia has sold 12 MiG-29 fighter jets to Sudan, Sudanese Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein said during a visit to Moscow on Friday, Russian news agencies reported. "Yes, it's all done. The planes have been bought," the defence minister was quoted as saying to reporters at a briefing in Moscow, in response to a question about a contract for the purchase of the 12 planes. ... more Russia wants 'strategic partnership' with US: Medvedev 
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2008Russia has a "strategic partnership" with China and wants to have the same with the United States, hopefully with president-elect Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday. Speaking at a public forum in Washington, Medvedev described Russia's relations with China as a "strategic partnership" that is "a very good, full-fledged, friendly exchange." "Of course I want to ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2008 The melting of the arctic ice cap has led to a growing concern in Russia that its armed forces and transportation services need to establish a far stronger presence in the region to prevent other nations winning the race to access and utilize the vast sources of oil, natural gas and precious minerals that will become available on the continental shelf beneath the Arctic Ocean. A Russian ... more Analysis: Russia's energy economic woes 
Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2008 Several months ago Russia's finances seemed unassailable - record-high oil prices had brought an unprecedented amount of petrodollars to Moscow, and the state-owned Gazprom natural gas monopoly seemed well on its way to becoming a company with $1 trillion in capital. Then came the global recession, and the Kremlin is being buffeted by falling prices and demand. How the government of Pr ... more Kazakh Astronaut To Fly To ISS, Russian Hopeful Grounded 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 14, 2008A Kazakh national will fly to the International Space Station in October 2009, a spokesman for the Kazakh National Space Agency said on Thursday. Talgat Musabayev said the Kazakh cosmonaut would fly to the "Russian segment" of the ISS, adding however, that "the financial components of the flight" had yet to be discussed at a meeting of a Russian-Kazakh commission. He also expressed ... more Six powers favour dual track on Iran nuclear issue: France 
Paris (AFP) Nov 14, 2008Representatives from the six powers involved in negotiations over Iran's disputed nuclear programme have reaffirmed their dual-track approach of dialogue and sanctions with Tehran, the French foreign ministry said Thursday. The political directors from China, Germany, Russia, Britain and the United States along with France and a representative for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana met in ... more
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