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Far from home, Medvedev finds China a looming presence
Lima (AFP) Nov 25, 2008As President Dmitry Medvedev takes Russian assertiveness to Washington's doorstep on a tour of Latin America, analysts point out an uncomfortable truth: China is stealing the show. The 43-year-old leader was relentlessly upbeat as he met other heads of state at a weekend forum of Asia-Pacific leaders in Peru, exhorting Russian journalists following his punishing itinerary: "For those that ... more Outside View: Venezuela's nuclear plans 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 25, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced his country had reached a tentative agreement with Russia to build a nuclear reactor. "A nuclear reactor, to produce energy for peaceful purposes, will soon be built in Estado Zulia and named in honor of a 20th century Venezuelan scientist, Humberto Fernandez Moran," the Venezuelan Ministry for Communication and Information quoted Chavez as ... more Russian president visits Petrobras on Brazil trip 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 25, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the headquarters of Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobas on Tuesday at the start of a two-day visit aiming to increase energy and defense deals. Medvedev, on a regional tour seeking to assert Moscow's global power and wave a defiant message at Washington, was later due to meet President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The Russian leader -- whose ... more Russian Space Freighter Set To Test New Flight Software 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 25, 2008The flight of Russia's cargo spacecraft, equipped with a new on-board digital control system, to the International Space Station (ISS) will take four days, a Russian space official said on Monday. The launch of the Progress M-01M space freighter to the orbital station on board a Soyuz-U carrier rocket is scheduled for November 26 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. ... more US to watch Russian-Venezuelan maneuvers 'very closely' 
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2008The US State Department said Monday it will watch "very closely" upcoming Russian-Venezuelan naval maneuvers but dismissed any notion they were a challenge to US influence in the region. In Moscow, the Russian navy said a group of Russian warships is due to arrive in Venezuela on Tuesday, ahead of joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy and a visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Nov 24, 2008 The Russian armed forces are prepared to deploy their short-range Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad province to target the proposed U.S. ballistic missile defense base to be built in Poland, right now, or whenever needed, Russia's top general warned Wednesday. "As soon as the final decision is made by our supreme commander-in-chief, these missile systems will be deployed, wherever it ... more Russia says US, European mercenaries fought for Georgia 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 24, 2008A Russian investigator said Monday that mercenaries from the US and European nations fought for Georgia during its war with Russia in August, but Tbilisi dismissed the claim as "nonsense." Investigators with Russia's Prosecutor General's Office established that American, Czech, Ukrainian and Turkish mercenaries fought with Georgian forces, as did fighters from Chechnya, Russian news agencies ... more Japan struggles under shadow of China's vigorous diplomacy 
Lima (AFP) Nov 24, 2008Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday saw progress in talks with key countries at a summit here, but he struggled to maintain Tokyo's presence on the international stage as China flexes its diplomatic muscle. Aso wound up his visit Sunday to Peru for an annual summit of Asia-Pacific leaders led by outgoing US President George W. Bush, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese ... more Analysis: Kyrgyzstan's energy crisis 
Washington (UPI) Nov 21, 2008 When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Western energy companies saw an opportunity to exploit one of the world's last important hydrocarbon frontiers -- the Caspian. Among the new nations ringing its shore were Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan; while the former devolved into a hermitic nation ruled by a "cult of personality," Kazakhstan eagerly embraced Western capitalism and last year produced ... more |
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Moscow, November 20 (RIA Novosti)Russia will put into orbit three Glonass navigation satellites on December 25 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency said on Thursday. "The first of three Glonass navigation satellites has been delivered to the space center by an Il-76 plane. The second and third satellites will arrive at Baikonur in 10 days," a Roscosmos spokesman told RIA Novosti. Glona ... more European to become commander of space station in 2009 
Paris (AFP) Nov 20, 2008The International Space Station (ISS) next year will be commanded for the first time by a European, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced here on Friday. Belgian astronaut Frank de Winne will be taken aloft next May aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, a`long with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadia's Robert Thirsk, taking the ISS's full-time crew from three to six, ESA said in a ... more Russian Military To Be Fully Rearmed By 2020 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 24, 2008Around 80-100% of the Russian Armed Forces will be equipped with modern weapons and military hardware by 2018-2020, the Russian General Staff chief said on Wednesday. "In the next 3-5 years we plan to equip 30% of the Armed Forces with advanced weapons and military hardware and to raise this figure to 80-100% by 2018-2020," Gen. of the Army Nikolai Makarov said. He also said the ... more Russia To Scrap All Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines By 2012 
Severodvinsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 24, 2008Russia will scrap all decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines by the beginning of 2012, a shipyard official said on Friday. "All decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines will be disposed of in 2010, or no later than the start of 2012," said Vladimir Nikitin, general director of the Zvezdochka ship-repairing facility in Severodvinsk in northern Russia. Nikitin said more than ... more
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