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Russia arms exports to hit record 8 bln dollars in 2008: report
Moscow (AFP) Dec 4, 2008Russian arms exports are set to soar to a record eight billion dollars (six billion euros) by the end of 2008, a senior defence official said Thursday. Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, told the Itar-Tass news agency that a defence deal between Moscow and Saudi Arabia last July made a significant contribution to the record ... more Russian president visits shaken ally India 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 4, 2008President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in India on Thursday for a visit expected to see Russia agree to build new nuclear reactors in the country and show solidarity with its ally after the Mumbai attacks. A cornerstone of his trip to New Delhi -- whose strong ties with Moscow date back to the Soviet Union -- is set to be the signing of a new accord for Russia to build four new nuclear reactors ... more Chlorine leak at Siberian chemical factory: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 4, 2008About 30 kilograms of chlorine have leaked at a chemical factory in the Siberian region of Irkutsk but there were no immediate reports of casualties, Russia's Interfax news agency said Thursday. "On Wednesday, as a result of a faulty compressor in the Usoliekhim factory some 30 kilograms of chlorine leaked," a local official from the emergency ministry said, according to Interfax. ... more Analysis: Brazilian-Russian nuclear ties 
Washington (UPI) Dec 3, 2008 When the Obama administration takes office on Jan. 20, it will have a full foreign policy agenda. One of the most notable legacies of the Bush administration that Obama's government will have to address is eight years of drift in U.S. policy toward Latin America and Russia's consequent move into the vacuum created by Washington's inattention. One of the most notable economic stories of ... more Russia To Launch Two Telecoms Satellites In February 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 04, 2008Russia will launch two telecoms satellites on February 11, the Russian Satellite Communications Company said on Wednesday. The Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 spacecraft have been built under the Russian Federal Space Program for 2006-2015, and will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan by a Proton-M carrier rocket with increased lifting power. "The Express-AM4 ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Dec 3, 2008NATO and Russia agreed Wednesday to gradually resume high-level talks, frozen over Moscow's war against Georgia in August, even though a litany of differences remain to be settled. "NATO has taken a step towards Russia and it would be irresponsible of us not to sit down at the table," Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels. "The resumption of NATO ... more Kazakhstan Admits Losing Satellite 
Astana, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 03, 2008Kazakhstan has lost its first Kazsat-1 satellite, the head of the national space agency said on Tuesday. "The KazSat-1 satellite went completely out of control on November 26 and has not responded to any commands. That's it. It's gone," Talgat Musabayev said. The $65 million satellite, Kazakhstan's first, stopped broadcasting to the country's territory on June 8. Its Russian manufacturer ... more US stands by refusal to sign cluster bomb ban 
Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2008The United States said Tuesday it will refrain this week from signing a treaty in Norway to ban cluster bombs, because the document is too broad and endangers US soldiers. Some 100 countries will ban the use of such weapons when their delegates sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions on Wednesday in Oslo but major producers like the United States, China and Russia are shunning the pact. ... more Russia, Venezuela wrap up joint naval exercise 
Caracas (AFP) Dec 2, 2008Russian warships on Tuesday wrapped up two days of joint exercises with Venezuelan navy vessels that were widely seen as a pointed challenge by Moscow to traditional US influence in Latin America. The maneuvers took place in Venezuela's territorial waters in the Caribbean and involved a nuclear-powered cruiser, Peter the Great, and three other Russian ships, and three Venezuelan frigates. ... more |
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Oslo (AFP) Dec 1, 2008Some 100 countries will ban the use of cluster bombs with the signing of a treaty Wednesday in Oslo but major producers such as China, Russia and the United States are shunning the pact. The treaty, agreed upon in Dublin in May, outlaws the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions which primarily kill civilians. "It's only one of the very few times in history that a ... more Russia To Conduct 13 Ballistic Missile Launches In 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 02, 2008Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are planning to conduct at least 13 launches of ballistic missiles next year, the SMF commander said on Friday. "We are planning to carry out 13 launches in 2009: five test launches of new missiles, three launches to confirm the extension of missiles' service lives, and five launches of converted SS-18 Satan ICBMs under the Dnepr program to orbit ... more Russia, Venezuela launch joint naval operations 
Caracas (AFP) Dec 1, 2008Venezuelan and Russian warships began joint naval operations Monday in the Caribbean Sea, close to US waters, the Venezuelan army indicated. The three-day exercises mark the first time a Russian fleet has been in Latin America, often described as the "backyard" of the United States, since the end of the Cold War. Some 1,600 Russians and 700 Venezuelans on four Russian ships and a dozen ... more New Russian Space Freighter Docks With World Orbital Station 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 01, 2008A cargo spacecraft equipped with a new on-board digital control system has successfully docked with the International Space Station, Mission Control said on Sunday. The new, digitally-controlled Progress M-01M series was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on November 26. The spacecraft docked with the ISS in the nominal regime in the manual mode, Mission Control ... more
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