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Ten Years In Space: The International Space Station
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 19, 2008On 20 November 1998, a Russian Proton rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a historic mission: It was carrying the first module of the International Space Station ISS, named Zarya (Russian for "Dawn"). This cargo and control module, which weighs about 20 tonnes and is almost 13 metres long, provides electrical power, propulsion, flight path guidance and storage space. ... more Russia favours EU over NATO for security talks: envoy 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Russia considers the European Union, rather than NATO, to be its chief interlocutor on pan-European security, Moscow's envoy to the military alliance said Tuesday. "The EU under its French presidency has started a concrete dialogue with Russia on this subject," Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin told AFP. At an EU-Russia summit last Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed that Russia ... more Russia Packs New Missiles For Opening Talks With US Over ABM 
Brussels (UPI) Nov 17, 2008 Barely one hour after Barack Obama's victory speech, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced plans to deploy missiles in Russia's westernmost region of Kaliningrad that could attack U.S. military targets in Poland. The targets are limited, small in number and do not yet really exist: They will exist if and when the United States completes the ballistic missile defense system it plans to ... more Another Tragedy Strikes Russian Nuke Sub Fleet 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 18, 2008 An accident on the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine claimed 20 lives, the largest number of casualties since the sinking of the Kursk submarine in 2000. The Russian and international press are highlighting the tragedy because it happened on a nuclear submarine, engendering many rumors. We will know the details only when a government commission completes its investigation, but we can ... more Cooperation is essential for security in Europe: Lavrov 
Lisbon (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that cooperation was essential to guarantee security in Europe, amid continuing tensions over US plans to deploy an anti-missile system in eastern Europe. "Intensified cooperation would be for a more secure Europe," Lavrov said following a meeting here with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates. "Thanks to such cooperation, we will ... more |
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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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